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Suggest Treatment For Knee Pain
hi doctor, have a nice day...my boyfriend used to play basketball even when he was a child until now that hes 40yrs of age hes still active in playing basketball, but for the last few weeks he's knee give him so much pain, what i did is i boil ginger ang let him drink everyday and cold compress, its getting better for a while thats why i stop doing it, but now he feel it again the pain in his knee, someone advise me to let him take perilon....is perilon will help? thank you and more power...god bless...
Thu, 13 Nov 2014
I suggest you see your local orthipaedician to do some investigation and imaging to find out the cause of knee pain like whether it is osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis or joint effusion etc.I believe perilon is a steroid called prednisone and strongly suggest that you don't take it unnecessarily without confirming the diagnosis.
For pain you can try analgesic cream like diclofenac gel or a short course of tablets like paracetamol or diclofenac but its always better to know the cause of the pain and to treat the cause rather than trying to simply reduce the pain.
For pain you can try analgesic cream like diclofenac gel or a short course of tablets like paracetamol or diclofenac but its always better to know the cause of the pain and to treat the cause rather than trying to simply reduce the pain.
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