A member asked:

Started experiencing pain in my knee area. then it started heating up and began to become red and a bit swollen. what may have caused this?

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Dr. Andrew Hoffman answered

Specializes in General Surgery

Trauma or infection: The description sounds like an inflammatory response has occurred. This results from injury, infection or joint inflammation like arthritis. Suggest seeing er doc or pcp as early as possible.

Answered 6/26/2019

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Inflamation: This is a reaction to an injury within the knee. Swelling and warmth are the initial response to start healing. You want to make sure you don't have an infection (fever).

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