What is Knee pain?

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DR. SUNIL RAJAN
Head of Department Apollo Institute of
Orthopaedics, Apollo Hospitals, Indore M.S
Orthopedics, Specialization Joint Replacement
Surgery
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What is Knee pain?
Knee pain is the most common symptom mainly
experienced by the old age person and with severe
obesity. Knee pain varies in intensity, depending
upon the causing factors. The types of pain most
commonly differentiated as
Sharp pain- It is the type of pain sudden on
onset, cause stiffness to the knee joints. Dull
pain- This types remains constant with very low
intensity. Locomotive pain- This depends on the
movement, cause stiffness and sets aside with
resting. Reason for the occurrence of pain Knee
pain is mainly occurs due to damage to the joint
and the reason for this can vary with the
condition of the patient. Some most common reason
for joint pain are as follows
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• Injury Injury directly to the knee cause damage
  to the ligaments, muscles or the surrounding
  tissues which may lead to the inflammation and
  cause the knee pain. Intensity and nature of pain
  depends upon the extent of the injury.

• Osteoarthritis It is mainly referred as the
  inflammation of the knee joint caused due to the
  wear and tear of the joint. Severe pain is the
  first and alarming symptom of osteoarthritis,
  along with the pain, joint stiffness is also the
  common symptom.

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• Bursitis- A bursa, a small fluid filled sac
  present under the skin covering the knee joint.
  Continuous friction of the knee caused by
  bruising, abrasion or trauma to the knee may
  cause inflammation of bursa. This is known as
  bursitis which is a very painful condition.

• Autoimmune Disorder- A condition called as
  Rheumatoid Arthritis is very painful to the knee
  occurs due to deficiency of the immune system and
  it takes much more time to get healed than
  osteoarthritis.

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Treatment of knee pain
Treatment of knee pain is traditionally done with
oral medicines and sometimes injectable
intramuscular or intravenous medicines, till
there is no disorder associated to it. Any
medicine we take can subsides the pain but cannot
cure its uprooting cause. 
Severe pain due to arthritis and damaged tissues
is treated by surgical means. With recent
technology advancements Knee replacement
surgeries are the best way of treating the pain.
If you have any signs of continuous knee pain and
the pain which reoccur time to time, then you
must consult with your orthopaedic doctor and get
the causing factor diagnosed as early as
possible. Dr. Sunil Rajan is the best known
Knee, hip, shoulder and Orthopaedic surgeon in
Indore. He provides joint replacement surgery of
knee, hip and and shoulder at very low cost. If
you want to get Joint Replacement Surgery done
with best Joint replacement surgeon in Indore
then meet Dr. Sunil Rajan. General Inquiry
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