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Knee joint swelling
Knee swelling and hardened. Doctor prescribed antibiotics tablets and injection.
Amitax 500, 10 nos of injection. If not cured recommend operation.
Is 10 nos of injection required or we can reduce as heared as this is a very strong medicine and has side affects too. Attaching reports.
No point taking injections without decompression.
Get the swelling removed at earliest as CRP is 70. It is way too high.
Just injections won't help here .
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Surgery offers advantage of culture sensitivity and gram stain testing.
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Is there any reduction in the swelling after antibiotics And Injections??
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Repeat your CBC, CRP tomorrow.
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