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Sudden Severe Pain Behind The Knee. Healthy With Right Weight. What Could Be The Cause?
Hi Doctor am quite worried about a sudden pain I have been getting behnd my left knee . This just started in the last few days. The pain comes on at random times. On a scale of 1 to 10, the pain is a 10. The pain only lasts for a few seconds but the pain is excrutiating. Please can you help me. Thank you. I am healthy and am about my right weight.
Fri, 10 Aug 2012
such transient pains shooting ones localised without any trauma or no history of suffering from diabetes are usually very self limiting .
if self limiting they should setlle down in a weeks time and will not increase in severity or duration .
if patterni is reducing and lower intensity and goes of in a weeks time no need of medical evaluation but if intensity duration of pain seems to be increasing need to meet a orthopaedic surgeon and if no local pathology then a neurologist.
if self limiting they should setlle down in a weeks time and will not increase in severity or duration .
if patterni is reducing and lower intensity and goes of in a weeks time no need of medical evaluation but if intensity duration of pain seems to be increasing need to meet a orthopaedic surgeon and if no local pathology then a neurologist.
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