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Knee pain and swelling over it
My Mother is suffering from knee pain from many years and we have consult many doctors till now, but the conclusion came that there is gap in the knees and surgery is the only option to go for it and recommended to go for surgery around the age of 60. But sometime it is difficult to even walk so so much of pain. Please suggest some medicines.
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Get TKR DONE
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DO NOT PULL LONG
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⢠Sports Taping- stretch the tape from both ends and apply on the affected area
⢠Contrast Fomentation (Hot and Cold).
⢠Contrast bath---It is a form of treatment in which knee is applied warm water followed by the immediate application of the knee with ice water. This procedure is repeated several times, alternating hot and cold. Note that the treatment should always end in the ice water, as heat will induce the body's inflammatory response, while cold helps to decrease inflammation
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Do not worry.
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Many options available before TKA.
It is a combination of them apart from medicines that will help.
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