Knee pain is one of the most frequently consulted physicians. Knee pain is more common especially in advanced ages. It is very difficult to determine the cause of knee pain by examination alone. If you have sudden onset and worsening pain in your knee, swelling or fever, seek medical help.
Knee pain is one of the most frequently consulted physicians. Knee pain is more common especially in advanced ages. It is very difficult to determine the cause of knee pain by examination alone. If you have sudden onset and worsening pain in your knee, swelling or fever, seek medical help.
The most common causes of knee pain are:
- Causes of knee joint
- Originating from tissues around the joint
- Trauma (It causes musculotendinous pain. It is a knee injury. It is caused by the stretching of the ligaments around the joint. Training errors, anatomical disorders or inappropriate shoes can also cause this condition)
- Damage to the patella bone and ligaments
- Bursitis and tendinitis
- Pes anserinus bursitis
- Infrapatellar bursitis
- Prepatellar bursitis
- Tensor fascia lata tendinitis
- Osgood-Schlatter disease
- Originating in the joint
- Inflammatory disorders
- Connective tissue diseases
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Scleroderma
- Polymyositis
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
- Polyarteritis nodosa
- Axial arthropathies
- Ankylosing spondylitis
- Reiter’s syndrome
- Enteropathic arthropathies
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Crystal arthropathies
- Gout
- Pseudogout
- Pyogenic arthritis (Arthritis resulting from infections of the knee joint)
- Connective tissue diseases
- Non-inflammatory disorders
- Knee degenerative arthritis
- Patellofemoral arthritis
- Meniscus damages
- Acute injuries of ligaments
- Dislocations and disorders of the patella
- Fractures
- Neuropathic arthropathy
- Tabes dorsalis
- Diabetic neuropathy
- Other neuropathies
- Osteochonrosis dissecans
- Bleeding disorders
- Knee tumors
- Knee tuberculosis
- Causes external to the knee joint
- Referred pain of injuries of the lumbar vertebrae
- Referred pain of the femur and tibia bones
- Vascular deficiencies
- Referred pains of other pelvic pains
- Referred pain of the hip joint
- Inflammatory disorders
- Originating from tissues around the joint
Consult your doctor for knee pain that does not improve in a few weeks despite using painkillers and applying cold. Because knee pain requires treatment for the cause.