Symptoms
The severity of the pain in your knee can vary based on the location and cause of the pain. While some causes mild pains, others can hurt your knee pretty bad. Below mentioned are a few symptoms that come with knee pain:
- Stiffness, loss of flexibility and swelling of the knee.
- The area may feel warm when touched and may appear red.
- Instability due to weakness.
- Noises of crunching and/or popping.
- Lack of ability to straighten the knee to full extent.
- Problems while bearing weight or walking.
- Discomfort causing you to limp.
- Problems going up steps and down steps.
- Knee locks.
One should consider consulting with a professional medical practitioner if:
- It is too tough to bear the pressure on your knees.
- Excessive swelling of the knees.
- Find a prominent deformity in the region of the knee.
- Pain lasting for quite a long time.
- Lack of comfort while walking on one or both sides.
- Injury causing deformity in the area.
- Suffer from knee pain while resting or at night.
- Swelling of the calf area or the joint region.
- Infection causing the pain.
