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Does this describe your symptom?

 
  • Pain in the knee without known injury
Causes of Knee Pain

  • Arthritis (such as degenerative, gouty, infectious, inflammatory, truamatic).
  • Baker's Cyst.
  • Bursitis--prepatellar bursitis is a fluid-filled sack localized on the inferior (lower) aspect of the anterior (front)knee.
  • Cellulitis--medical term for skin infection.
  • Overuse injury, tendonitis
  • Trauma (such as contusion, dislocation, fracture, sprain or strain).
Some Signs and Symptoms that Could be SERIOUS

  • Severe pain and unable to walk.
  • Knee swelling with fever (possibility of infection in the knee joint).
  • Unilateral (one-sided) calf pain and/or swelling (possibility of blood clot in the leg).

If not, see these other symptoms

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