OA OF KNEE

raphacondor

The intensive pain for 5 months feels like a trapped nerve or even a fracture. Can a xray be wrong or is the pain level common. I'm due for a MRI soon, 3weeks no mobility at all. Knee permanently swollen.

Just fed up, no sure of actual cause.

raphacondor

The intensive pain for 5 months feels like a trapped nerve or even a fracture. Can a xray be wrong or is the pain level common. I'm due for a MRI soon, 3weeks no mobility at all. Knee permanently swollen.

Just fed up, no sure of actual cause.

raphacondor

Having co-dodamol /codeine painkillers.

helpline_team

Hi@raphacondor

Thanks for your post to the Helpline. I'm sorry to hear your knee is so painful and it's obviously worrying you. If you've been examined by a health professional and they've diagnosed the knee, then it may well be that your knee is very swollen and inflamed. Osteoarthritis can be very painful.

If you feel you need some reassurance, or a second opinion then you might consider talking to a GP or consulting a physiotherapist.

If your weight is not well controlled, consider improving your healthy eating to lose weight. Keeping moving is also really helpful - you may need to discuss with physiotherapist ways to keep active. Movement in a swimming pool is a very safe place to exercise if weight bearing is painful.

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