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Can Antibiotics Cause Pain And Swelling Below Knees?

Posted on Fri, 10 Jul 2015

Question: 71 y o female...recovering from pneumonia....finished antibiotic and 4 day prednisone and am better...but now below the knee both legs...swollen reddish tender to touch.....feet feel tight like sausages...no pitting edema but bed rest and elevation seem to not help completely... trying to limit salt....fluid intake constant,,,,mouth hurting probably side effect from steroid and antibiotic.....been since since May 19....can you help with leg situation? Mouth is much improved taking lysine and rinsing with bitten

Answered by Dr. Dr. Naveen Kumar Sharma (17 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
It can be knee synovitis or drug reaction

Detailed Answer:
Hello,
I have studied your case. There can be two causes of knee swelling and pain. First cause can be knee synovitis. It is inflammation of knee joint due to fever or arthritis.Other cause can be a adverse drug reaction to antibiotics.
To confirm the diagnosis I would like to know little detail of this illness.
1. Are you having knee problem in past also?
2. Do you have difficulty in sitting on floor or squatting?
3. Have you done knee x rays in past?
Please send me answers of these questions. I will try my best to help you.
Thanks

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Neel Kudchadkar