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Knee joint pain
Hiiii...my father is 62 years old...he is BP and diabetic patient.his weight is 82 kg.his one knee got hurt..then doctor said gap occurred in your knee joint...you will have to lose weight and also do exercise..my father did all this and also took medicine as per doctor but his knee problem is not getting better..so please suggest what he do ? can it cure with some medicine...i also attached his reports
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You can try conservative Management like pain killers physiotherapy, injections in knee, etc.. of no relief.. then go for knee replacement
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As per the xray picture, your father has developed osteoarthritis of moderate grade. If medicine, exercises and loosing weight is not working and he has to take pain killer on daily basis, he needs knee replacement surgery. It's the best option for him right now. He will be pain free.
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Dr. Ramkumar Ponraj
Joint Replacement Surgeon
12 yrs exp
Chennai
Need to examine once before treatment, in case he has bearable pain, he may get away with injection/PRP...The X-Rays shows moderate Osteoarthritis, he will require Knee Replacement in the near future...we can try conservative treatmwnt, if pain doesn't reduce then shall plan for surgery.
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