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A 26-year-old male asked:
Fell on my knee walikng up the stairs knee felt like it gave out on me. having sharp pain and can't hardly put full weight on it. recently tore acl.
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Dr. M. Hytham Beckanswered
Surgery 45 years experience
See a doctor: do not wait you already torn your ACL once, see a doctor for a proper evaluation, and definite diagnosis, and treatment. do not mess with the knees they are carrying you everywhere.
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Dr. Glenn Burnsanswered
Emergency Medicine 21 years experience
Go see ortho: If your ACL was repaired recently, it may have failed. The ACL repair gets weaker before it gets stronger. (It has to do with migration of new blood vessels to support the repair). If you didn't have it repaired, you may have had other underlying injury which had not need diagnosed, such as a partial miniscus tear which is now damaged.
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Last updated Oct 12, 2015
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