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What Causes A Painful Lump And Bruising On The Knee Cap?
Hi there, I fell two weeks ago and smacked my knee hard. I have a large goose egg above the knee cap, had massive bruising but now seems to be okay, until a few days ago pain has developed on the medial side below and the knee cap and , pain on the lateral upper side of the knee cap, near
Wed, 3 Aug 2016
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I really appreciate your concern, if this is the knee injury then it need to be taken seriously because it is very fragile joint as long as the meniscus is concern, chances of damage of it is very likely and to rule out this better to get done MRI of knee joint till then try not to bend the knee joint and Tab Diclofenac 50 mg once in day can be tried hope this information helps.
Well come to HCM
I really appreciate your concern, if this is the knee injury then it need to be taken seriously because it is very fragile joint as long as the meniscus is concern, chances of damage of it is very likely and to rule out this better to get done MRI of knee joint till then try not to bend the knee joint and Tab Diclofenac 50 mg once in day can be tried hope this information helps.
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