Knee Pain

The knee is a joint where the thigh bone, or femur, and shin bone, or tibia, meet. Knee pain refers to any pain or discomfort in this area of the body. Pain in the knee can occur for many reasons. It can be mild or severe, and involve one or both knees. Most cases of knee pain do not pose a serious threat to a person's health, but a few are serious.

Causes
There are many possible causes of knee pain, including:

• trauma or injury
• repetitive overuse of the knee,
• arthritis
• infections in or around the knee, such as septic arthritis
• disease or infection throughout the body, which may produce generalized joint pain.
• gout or pseudogout, which are disorders that can deposit crystals into the joint space
• autoimmune disorders, conditions in which a person produces antibodies against his or her own body for unknown reasons.
• Baker's cyst, a small abnormal sac that may develop behind the knee
• Osgood-Schlatter disease, a condition that usually occurs in teenage boys
• Deep venous thrombosis, which is a blood clot in the leg

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