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Suggest Treatment For Painful Swollen Knees After Hitting

I was kicked badly on my thigh above my right knee a week ago. The bruising has spread down around the back of my knee now. Able to walk and weight bear ok but with pain. The kick site is hard/numb and yellow bruising covers that area. I wasn t concerned but now it s starting to ache and my knee is clicking when I straighten my leg. There is still a lot of fluid which also appears to be travelling down. Should I have an X-ray?
posted on Mon, 23 Jun 2014
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Yes, I have studied your case and I think you need to get x ray of the leg to confirm the diagnosis. If there is fracture or ligament injury then it can cause such swelling and edema and that needs splinting. if there is displacement of the fracture then you might need small surgery also.
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Suggest Treatment For Painful Swollen Knees After Hitting

Yes, I have studied your case and I think you need to get x ray of the leg to confirm the diagnosis. If there is fracture or ligament injury then it can cause such swelling and edema and that needs splinting. if there is displacement of the fracture then you might need small surgery also. I hope this answer will be useful for you. Let me know if there is any other followup questions. thanks