What Causes Painful Red-line Behind Knee?

Posted on Thu, 24 Jul 2014

Question: I have a red-line behind my knee and the area hurts, the pain starts reaching my tights, there's swelling and it hurts more when I bend my knee.

Answered by Dr. Grzegorz Stanko (2 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Detailed below.

Detailed Answer:
Hello!

Thank you for the query.

Can you please attach a photo of it? Have you had any injury of this area recently? Is your calf hard and painful?
From your description (not being able to see it) it sounds like veins thrombosis can be the reason. In such case, the calf should be larger than the other one, painful and hard (lack of this symptoms do not rule thrombosis out). For sure the area where thrombosis is present there should be pain and hardness.
I suggest you to do not wait with it. Please consult your doctor and consider Dopplers ultrasound of leg veins. In case of thrombosis, heparin injections are necessary.

Hope this will help. Feel free to ask further questions.
Regards.

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

Follow up: Dr. Grzegorz Stanko (11 hours later)

My legs get numb now and I can't move them!

Answered by Dr. Grzegorz Stanko (3 hours later)

Brief Answer:
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Detailed Answer:
Than please do not wait with it and go to the doctor. If both legs are numb and you really can not move them at all, it is rather neurological problem.

Regards.

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