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Keep getting bursitis in both knees. why is this occurring?
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See below: All depend where the inflamed bursae is located.The origen could be inflamatory in nature(autoimmune diseases) or mechanical(something is irritating the bursae due to chronic friction)could be traumatic also such as collisions in sports.
Answered 3/14/2014
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