achy left hip and knee

I have bersitis in my hips, and in the past have gotten cortizone shots to ease the pain. I am currently 6 months pregnant and am my bersitis is so bad i can't sleep, my hips constantly ache and now the achyness has moved down to my left knee. is this part of the same problem or something unrelated?

[Abhijeet Deshmukh, MD]

Hello.

It seems you have not been benefiting from any medication for the bursitis. The pain that you have in the knees is actually a referred pain. Referred pain is pain at some other area supplied by the same nerve which supplies the area which has the original problem.

Regards