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Severe knee pain of my mother.
My mother is having knee pain.The doctor has advised for knee replacement. However the knee pain is getting worse when she is in standing position or walking for long time. Please advise whether knee replacement is successful?
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This treatment is being suggested on bases of the information provided. However I would like to examine & investigate your mother in detail.
-Control Hypertension, Diabetes or metabolic disorder, if there is any.
- Sleep on a hard bed with soft bedding.
- Keep a pillow under the knee.
- Avoid painful acts & activities.
- Fomentation with warm water. -Let the part not be exposed cold.
-Do mild exercises for the affected part.- lower limbs
-Any way it may be tried,
--. Ugesic (Piroxicam) 20mg 1tab once a day x 5days
--. Caldikind plus (Mankind) 1tab Once a day x 10 days.
Kindly make sure, there is no allergy to any of these medicines.
--For emergency treatment visit nearest hospital.
-For exercises you may visit my YouTube channel-
'Dr NCgupta'
-Wish your mother a quick recovery & good health
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Dr N C Gupta MS (ortho)
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Dr. Kashish Talwar
Orthopedic surgeon
11 yrs exp
Jalandhar
Knee replacement has very good results. So go for it if patient is having difficulty in performing day to day activities
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Dr. Sharath Kumar
Orthopedist
26 yrs exp
Bangalore
Hi, surgery actually depends upon grading in xray and pain(loss of doing her activities)
Need to examine and checking xray will give us idea
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