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Got up from a chair heard my knee snap and then pain today after work i niticed from my knee down is very swollen and bothersome what's going on?

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Dr. Steven Sheskier answered

Specializes in Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Surgery

See doc: Possible that you tore a meniscus in your knee or had an incident of patella subluxation. Alumni all because the knee is swollen need to check it out by seeing ortho doc get examined , probable X-ray followed by possible MRI of knee.

Answered 12/18/2014

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