swollen knee heat or cold

Go to the emergency room. They will probably take a film. You may have a long wait, but the procedure itself takes a very short time. There is most likely fluid build-up that can be easily removed with a hypodermic needle. Usually ice or heat won't help. The procedure is not painful, but the needle looks very big so look away and close your eyes when they do this. Sometimes this happens spontaneously without any special injury that the person can remember.

Heat therapy is often used. Is your knee swollen at all at this time (after getting out of the shower?)? The closest thing I could find is if you think of your knee joints like a door. In cold weather, it shrinks. In hot weather, it expands. I wonder if you are not having that kind of reaction with your knee joint. https://www.osgpc.com/warm-weather-joint-pain/ And while hot water therapy is common for arthritis, for some with arthritis, they find showers uncomfortable. ??

I am in Ted hose and have been doing my exercises they did a nerve block during surgery and I can tell that helped me a lot it hurts under my knee on the right side of knee and my thigh hurts very bad. Have a lot of fluid on top of knee not red or leaking I have a lot of heat coming from the knee and ice helps a lot. I was hoping someone has had some great advice and points they can share.

Since starting classes again I have been having a lot of trouble with my knee. There is heat coming from it. It gets swollen, and red by the end of the day. At first it didn't hurt at all, it was just swollen. However; the last few weeks it has started to hurt, and I've gotten lightheaded a few times. Also there is this popping sound that happens if I rest it for awhile, then try to get up. My knee also itches to every now and then.

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I have pain behind my knee and my leg is swollen in the calf. I was checked for blood clot and it was negative. I feel heat coming out of my knee when I place an ice pack on it. It warms the ice pack quickly. My thigh is swollen too, but all the pain is in my knee. It hurts to touch the bones in my knee. My ankles are a little swollen and also the calf on the other leg. I have had a meniscus tear and arthritis in one knee and baker's cyst in the other.

I asked the Dr. and he suggested heat for the pain but I thought cold reduced swelling. Are there exercises that I can do also or maybe massages? The leg is so tight and uncomfortable.

There is a health page about heat sensitivity. I was wondering if others have symptoms made worse by the cold? While both hot and cold bother me (no dx), different symptoms are aggrevated by the two temperature extremes. Can anyone with temperature senstivity reply and let me know if it's hot, cold, or both that give you problems, and if you have a dx? I'm just curious, and always keeping my radar up for clues about what's going on with me ;-). Thanks!

A deformed and swollen knee may indicate a fracture or internal ligament tear. At the same time other causes of knee pain like bursitis, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis should also be considered .See an orthopaedician.He will examine you and determine if X-rays are needed or not. Take some over the counter analgesic. That may help. Do write to me again with more details. Best luck and regards!

I was a waitress when I was pregnant with my son, and was constantly swollen from the knee down. PLUS I ended up having to quit at 25 weeks because I was having a lot of braxton hicks contractions, and I had a jerk for a assistant manager, that's a whole other story. BUT at least make sure you're drinking enough water!

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Cold will reduce pain and swelling. Apply an ice or cold pack right away to prevent or minimize swelling. Apply the ice or cold pack for 10 to 20 minutes, 3 or more times a day. After 48 to 72 hours, if swelling is gone, apply heat to the area that hurts. Do not apply ice or heat directly to the skin. Place a towel over the cold or heat pack before applying it to the skin. •Compression.

Hi, I was hoping you could assist with the following problem, Following a fall in football, landing on the right side of my left knee, I experienced immense pain and heat across the knee. Immediately after bruising spread up and down my leg and a fluid filled sac developed on the top right side of my knee cap. I visited the doctor and initial was assessed by the two nurses who said they didn't know what it was and asked me to come back to see the doctor.

He has extremely swollen and stiff knees and rock hard calves. (Both legs at the same time) No sign of any redness or heat but this has resulted in him not being mobile. He is extremely distressed. Wondering whether a delayed reaction to the implants maybe??? Do you have any idea what could be causing this.

I'm really hurting and I'm about to be 33 wks... think I'm going to go buy knee braces or something. .. weight is probably the issue, I wonder if a cold or hot pack will work. ..maybe icy cold gel, not sure if safe though. . I'm just glad tomorrow is Friday! ! Msunpredictable, id do the same if i were 38. .lol Amanda, how long before it went away, it does feel like I have fluid, but not swollen. ..

It is just blood that leaked from the area where they went in. It is quite normal that it becomes more visible after a few days and as it puts pressure on surrounding tissue, it can be a little painful as well. Moving around will speed up the disposing of the blood.

are you referring to a knee immobilizer or a knee strap or a protective gear that workers use to protect their knees when kneeling?

ve just had my baby (just under 33 weeks) but when I was around 20 weeks it was really hot and my feet were swollen to, its just the heat. Try and put your feet up and keep wriggling your toes n flexing your feet it helps take some of the swelling down.

i had a knee surgery a year ago and now my knee is full of arthritis it still pops and ackes driving down the road i need the heat on the floor and little cool air makes it throb and acke is there anything i can do to get sum relief

Well, this shot left my right knee swollen and weak. The feeling was weird, kind of a blunt pain and not real confident when attempting to balance. Anyway, the following day I awoke with a swollen left elbow that was warm to the touch. My doctor advised me this was an allergic reaction caused by SynvVisc. I am currently on steriods to assist with the rehab... Any thoughts?

yes i am34+4 weeks n my right foot is more swollen then the left i am also hoping its the heat my hubby went to walmart to buy us a AC for downstairs thank god for him i feel bad cause my kids have to stay in cause the sun is to much till it cools off tonight i can let them out to play

Some people get hives in response to too much heat or too much cold, or sometimes other triggers (my grandfather apparently gets it from water--my grandmother jokes he's the only boy allergic to soap and water). I don't think it's at all dangerous, just annoying, and the only thing I know of to do is avoid the trigger. Ask your doctor about it, they might be able to give you something for it (I just know it happens, not what to do for it other than avoid).

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