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When to drain knee for swelling?
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Usually for pain: Very often i will drain or aspirate the fluid from a knee if the swelling is causing a large amount of pain or making ambulation difficult sometimes evaluation of the fluid will help make a diagnosis of the etiology whether it be a fracture (blood) or infection(wbcs) or types of arthritis or gout(crystals).
Answered 9/28/2012
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