Symptoms of knee arthritis

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I have a bit of leg pain during this period of time. At the beginning, it was not very serious. In recent days, it has become serious. I have difficulty walking. I went to the hospital to see a doctor. The result of the examination is that the knee joint is inflamed. I need to pay attention to rest. Let me introduce the symptoms of knee arthritis.

Symptoms of knee arthritis

First, the incidence of knee joint inflammation is slow, which is more common in middle-aged and elderly obese women, and often has a history of fatigue. The general patients will have increased pain in knee joint movement after getting sick, which is characterized by paroxysmal pain at the beginning, persistent pain later, more tiredness at night, and obvious pain when going up and down stairs.

Second, after knee joint inflammation, patients will have limited knee joint activity, even lameness. Very few patients may have locking phenomenon or knee joint effusion. Some patients also have walking inconvenience and pain can not walk.

Thirdly, knee joint inflammation can be mild or severe sometimes: exercise pain, walking pain, rest can reduce; posture squat pain aggravating, knee joint extension pain aggravating; defecation can not squat, when standing up, pain aggravating, and feel the knee joint has a click sound. In fact, in addition to pain, the symptoms of knee arthritis are also characterized by joint swelling, inflexible knee extension, and the phenomenon of "noose" easily appears when walking. That is to say, when walking, the knee joint suddenly becomes stuck by something, unable to move.

matters needing attention

Note: Patients with severe swelling and pain of knee joint should rest in bed to avoid overload activities and labor, so as to reduce the burden of knee joint. Patients with knee joint inflammation should take the initiative to carry out knee joint functional exercise, such as knee joint extension and flexion activities, in order to improve the range of motion of the knee joint and strengthen the strength of quadriceps femoris. There is obesity patients should pay attention to diet, in order to reduce knee joint involvement.