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Suggest Remedy For Severe Knee Pain
i have woken up today with quite severe knee pain. I was flying yesturday on a 7 hour flight and today am in quite a lot of pain in my right knee. I am struggling to walk or climb stairs and feel like my leg will collapse under me at any point. Can you help. I suffered with growing pains in my knees when i was a teenager. I exercise although not too much as if i run too much without at least a days break between then my knees also hurt. I sometimes hear a cracking noise from my knees when i stand after sitting down although this is not painful
Thu, 28 May 2020
Hi,
Knee pain could be due to any ligament, tendon, meniscus injury or auto immune / inflammatory condition like arthritis etc. But the one with cracking or popping sounds in or around the knee joints could be a sign of emerging osteoarthritis. With this feature, age, gender, weight should also be considered as it might increase the risk of arthritis. I advise you to:
- Do X-ray both knees
- Analgesics like Tab. Ibuprofen or Aceclofenac + Ice pack + Regular exercises
- Intra-articular gluco-corticoids if pain and swelling persists even after using analgesics
- Chrondro-protective agents twice daily
- If chronic pain, then short wave diathermy can be done
Take care. Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Yogapriya Vasudevan, General & Family Physician
Knee pain could be due to any ligament, tendon, meniscus injury or auto immune / inflammatory condition like arthritis etc. But the one with cracking or popping sounds in or around the knee joints could be a sign of emerging osteoarthritis. With this feature, age, gender, weight should also be considered as it might increase the risk of arthritis. I advise you to:
- Do X-ray both knees
- Analgesics like Tab. Ibuprofen or Aceclofenac + Ice pack + Regular exercises
- Intra-articular gluco-corticoids if pain and swelling persists even after using analgesics
- Chrondro-protective agents twice daily
- If chronic pain, then short wave diathermy can be done
Take care. Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Yogapriya Vasudevan, General & Family Physician
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