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Knee and calf pain

2017-05-10 18:20:17
My father is 61 years old. He is having consistent pain in knee and calf in left leg. Problem increases during walk, seating for a longer time. He got health checkup done. Details: FBS/PPBS: 98/153, HbA1c: 6.9%, Total Cholestrol:226, HDL/VLDL/LDL: 51/41/134 T3/T4/TSH: 1.3/6.4/2.66 Vitamin B12: 1733 Vitamin D: 21.6 Kindly suggest medication and further tests he can take.
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Hello sir, your father might be suffering from age related degerative changes in the knee called as osteoarthritis of knee joint so kindly get x-rays of knee joint in standing position n upload it so that I can help you with further treatment. Thank you
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x-ray both knees AP/LAT in standing position is very important
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avoid sitting cross legged n squatting

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