Question: HI, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO I NOTICED WHEN I KNELT ON MY LEFT KNEE THAT IT WAS SORE, IT DIDN'T SEEM TO GET ANY WORSE FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS SO I PUT IT DOWN TO A PIMPLE OR INGROWN HAIR, ON THURSDAY LAST WEEK I HAD QUITE A STRENUOUS DAYS WORK, I NOTICED THAT MY KNEE WAS GETTING WORSE AND IN ABOUT AN HOUR THE SWELLING BECAME QUITE SEVERE. THE NEXT DAY THE SWELLING CONTINUED WITH JOINT PAIN AND PAIN UP MY LEG. THE NEXT DAY I VISITED MY LOCAL DOCTOR WHO PUT IT DOWN TO EITHER INFECTION OR FLUID AND PUT ME ON A COURSE OF ANTIBIOTICS AND INFLAMMATORY TABLETS WHICH DIDN'T SEEM TO HELP. THE NEXT DAY I RESTED AGAIN LIMITING MY STANDING. THE JOINT PAIN HAD SEEM TO EASE BUT I NOTICED MY CALF MUSCLE ANKLE AND FOOT BEGINNING TO SWELL. THAT NIGHT I WENT TO BED AND IN THE MORNING THE SWELLING HAD GONE DOWN CONSIDERABLY. I WAS ON MY FEET FOR AROUND 2 HRS AND THE SWELLING HAD COME BACK BUT EVEN WORSE MY CALF ANKLE AND FOOT VERY SWOLLEN. I WENT TO SEE THE DOCTOR AGAIN BUT HAD NO IDEA OF THE CAUSE. THEY PUT A NEEDLE INTO MY KNEE AND DREW OUT SUBSTANCE FROM THE KNEE WHICH WAS DETERMINED AS BLOOD SO NO INFECTION. i WAS ADVISED TO GET HOME AND GET IT UP SO I DID SO WENT TO BED GOT UP THIS MORNING SWELLING HAD GONE DOWN BUT STILL THERE AND AS SOON AS I GOT OUT OF BED IT IMMEDIATELY STARTED TO SWELL AGAIN. i HAD A XRAY ON MY KNEE NOTHING WRONG THERE AND I HAVE BEEN BOOKED IN FOR AN ULTRASOUND ON MY KNEE TODAY. i STILL HAVEN'T HAD MY BLOOD PRESSURE CHECKED OR ANYTHING WHAT WOULD BE YOUR COURSE OF ACTION. i NEED HELP AS I AM TOLD THIS IS NOT NORMAL AND COULD BE SERIOUS

I have a request for an ultrasound of the knee do you think that will reveal any problem and should i have it done.