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What Causes Pain In Knee And Difficulty Walking?

Early this evening I was sitting with my left leg crossed over my right leg. Imagine my left ankle touching my right knee. I was sitting in that position for approximately 5 min. I Stood regularly and I felt major pain in my left knee. That was 5 hours ago. I can barely walk and go down stairs, but going up stairs is not as painful. This the first time this has ever happened. I did not injure my left knee ever in the past. I took two Advil, but still feel lots of pain. I am a sixty year old active male. Your thoughts?
Tue, 28 Apr 2015
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As you are an old person and your history suggests I will say you are suffering from osteoarthritis of knee as it is very common above 60 years of age. For this you have to take some pain killer like tab Biozobid-plus or tab Zerodol-SP after meals with some calcium supplements like tab Shalcal 500 mg or tab toscal-gem once daily. You also have to take hyaluronic acid or gluco-corticoid intra-articular injections regularly. Non pharmacological measure are weight loss if overweight, aerobic exercises, regular physiotherapy and knee bracing. If pain is still severe even after conservative therapy or if there is any deformity or limitation of daily living activities than one have to go for surgical intervention.
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What Causes Pain In Knee And Difficulty Walking?

As you are an old person and your history suggests I will say you are suffering from osteoarthritis of knee as it is very common above 60 years of age. For this you have to take some pain killer like tab Biozobid-plus or tab Zerodol-SP after meals with some calcium supplements like tab Shalcal 500 mg or tab toscal-gem once daily. You also have to take hyaluronic acid or gluco-corticoid intra-articular injections regularly. Non pharmacological measure are weight loss if overweight, aerobic exercises, regular physiotherapy and knee bracing. If pain is still severe even after conservative therapy or if there is any deformity or limitation of daily living activities than one have to go for surgical intervention.