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Knee And Shin Discomfort In One Leg, Occasional Relief With Ibuprofen. Cause?

I started feeling discomfort in my knee appox a moth ago while moving my son into his apt. i thought that it was caused by heavy lifting and carrying up 3 flights of stairsI am also experiencing a little discomfort in my shin as well. it is only in my left leg. I have taken Ibuprofin and some times it works and other times it doesn t If i spend a lot of time on my legs my knee hurts more. There doesn t seem to be any swelling
Mon, 7 Jul 2014
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Hi..
I suppose your post middle age group.
Non-traumatic insidious onset of pain over left knee without swelling could be either bone infection , bone tumor or a soft tissue inflammation in this age group.
I would suggest you to visit a doctor and proceed for further investigations.

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Knee And Shin Discomfort In One Leg, Occasional Relief With Ibuprofen. Cause?

Hi.. I suppose your post middle age group. Non-traumatic insidious onset of pain over left knee without swelling could be either bone infection , bone tumor or a soft tissue inflammation in this age group. I would suggest you to visit a doctor and proceed for further investigations.