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Suggest Treatment For Severe Knee Pain

Posted on Tue, 28 Jun 2016

Question: I tore my acl 8months ago.mri verified. Yet ,OrthopedIc Dr,refused any care even non surgical due to hist of chf in 07; I asked to be reassessed since in 11,fxd hip and diagnosed with Graves disease.my endocrinologist encouraged the reassessment for arthroscopic surgery,but since OrthopedIc Dr dismissed compl,no treatment for injury ,no follow-up nothing. Pain increased so much endocrinologist xrayed ,now shows more severe damage to needing tkr,being a veteran,can't get needs met,constantly swelling in joint,almost feels as septic knee. Control pain meds,keep giving wrong type extra narcotics,can't take,but won't help .don't know what to do. Still can't bear full weight.no one listening with real injury,had to weight bear on non weight bearing injury x7 months,refused me use of wheelchair.live alone,63./recently had nuclear medicine stress test,no results.

Answered by Dr. Dr. Naveen Kumar Sharma (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
You need to take steroid injections in knee

Detailed Answer:
Hello,
I have studied your case. It is right that best solution is knee replacement. It can give you complete pain relief. All other options are limited and short time relief only. Still as you can not afford knee replacement so I have following suggestions for you.
1.Hot water fomentation
2.Injection of steroid can be given in knee joint. It can be repeated after 3 months.
3.Avoid squatting and sitting cross leg for long time.
4.Take calcium and D3 regularly to improve your bone strength.
5.volitran can be applied over knee joint.
I hope these steps will be helpful for you.Let me know if there is any other followup questions.
Thanks

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar