- 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).
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If not, see these other symptoms
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