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What Causes Severe Pain And Swelling In My Leg And Ankle?
For the past year or so I have experienced sever swelling in my left leg and ankle only. I went to a local ER and had a Doppler which was insignificant and found no cots etc. another couple of months pass and it happens again so I went to my orthopedic dr because I have HA and ostio arthritis. I have been diagnosed with arthritis in both knees. My dr sent me for another Doppler and this time they found a bakers cyst behind the left knee. The dr gave me a shot of cortisone and sent me home. It took the step welling approx 2 weeks to go down completely. Through the year my eg will swell about every 6 to 8 weeks and the swelling is significant . I have measured the difference between the right and left eg and the left leg swells up to 2-3 inches more than the right. The right does not swell at all. I just went back to the dr and he did an MRI of the left knee only. I couldn t understand why he didn t look at the entire leg. He states it may. E torn cartelidge; however, one would think that would have been very painful. Other than normal arthritis pain the knee doesn t hurt. When I ozokerite up swelling in one leg only in the internet I am really concerned with what it could be. I would rather know than go thru this every other month and spend / weeks of the moth with a grotesquely swollen leg and ankle. Any ideas?
dear Sir/Mam, as i am styding you case I understand that the swelling is the main issue, you dont need to be concdrned if the sweeling is only around the knee but if the sweeling is all over your leg knee and tibia you should go to the emergency and they should exclude a deep vain thrombosis. As for the athrosis the alternatives for the treatment depend from different factors; From painkilleres, injection to knee replacement.
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What Causes Severe Pain And Swelling In My Leg And Ankle?
dear Sir/Mam, as i am styding you case I understand that the swelling is the main issue, you dont need to be concdrned if the sweeling is only around the knee but if the sweeling is all over your leg knee and tibia you should go to the emergency and they should exclude a deep vain thrombosis. As for the athrosis the alternatives for the treatment depend from different factors; From painkilleres, injection to knee replacement.