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A member asked:
Help please! my knee is making me limp and parents don't believe me?
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Sorry: Your first stop is the school nurse. Next step is picking up the phone and calling your family physician. I take it you're a teen. The worst-case scenario that must be ruled out is cancer. It's your life that's on the line. Act like it.
Answered 4/25/2014
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