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Have Swelling In The Knee After A Fall

I recently fell and hit my knee on the floor within hours it filled up with some fluid looked like another knee cap I was icing it on and off for 20 minutes right away now it s black n blue still swollen I feel weird crunching and popping when I bend it but the part I m concerned about is it feels wet from time to time what does that mean
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it's a haemarthrosis . .means blood collected in knee joint. . go immidiately to an orthopedic surgeon , get knee xray first to rule out fractures if normal get knee aspiration of blood done and follow ur surgeons advice. thank u
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Have Swelling In The Knee After A Fall

it s a haemarthrosis . .means blood collected in knee joint. . go immidiately to an orthopedic surgeon , get knee xray first to rule out fractures if normal get knee aspiration of blood done and follow ur surgeons advice. thank u