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What Causes Pain And Swelling In The Knees?

my knee started bothering me a few days ago. today it became more painful. its also swollen which has never happened before. the veins on my shin and calf are bulging. and there are small, very thin red veins that aren t normally there.This knee has bothered me since high school, but had been relatively pain free for a few weeks or even months.
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.

At first I would like to know your age. If you have fever it can be infective cause and antibiotics could relieve your symptoms. But your long standing complaint may suggest it could be due to a previous ligamentous injury which could have been created aggravated by recent activity. So what I would advice you is to take adequate rest and hot fomentation and take painkillers and review for further radiological investigations if the pain doesn’t subside.

I hope you recover soon.

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What Causes Pain And Swelling In The Knees?

Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. At first I would like to know your age. If you have fever it can be infective cause and antibiotics could relieve your symptoms. But your long standing complaint may suggest it could be due to a previous ligamentous injury which could have been created aggravated by recent activity. So what I would advice you is to take adequate rest and hot fomentation and take painkillers and review for further radiological investigations if the pain doesn’t subside. I hope you recover soon. Thank you.