Driving my wife crazy

Question

My wife is 62 years of age and ever since she was a young girl .on regular basis she would have this strange sensation in her left knee sa if she had ants in her knee and would find some relief by twisting it until it popped.About 4 weeks ago but this time it was painful, then about a week later while walking at the park she felt a hard pop with intense pain.After going to the doctor and a mri it was confirmed that one of the two menisci is torn and she is to go for an artheroscopy.What could be that sensation in her knee ? We looked up the symptoms for RLS  and she does not have any of them.Please help us for i know the problem will continue even after surgery.
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                                                                                      Enrico44

anuragsrivastava · Answer

Thank you for your question. It seems that she has got a meniscus tear (knee) along with muscle injury as ligaments become loose with use and are prone to tear. If it is from many years her recovery may be a slow process. You can try with hot fomentation (warm cotton cloth application) on affected area and consult an orthopedic for arthroscopy. He can examine her in person and prescribe proper pain-reliever with muscle-relaxants, if required. Hope this helps.

ggreg · Answer

I think she was feeling a pinched nerve type sensation.  When the nerves get irritated, they'll tend to tingle and feel numb...with RLS people, it's a neuromuscular problem, you can see the muscle fibers ripple when it gets bad and the nerves are misfiring all over the place, and some describe it as ants crawling on their legs, so that's what I think was going on.  It's just the way she's wired.  But maybe when they do the operation on her knee, could be they'll straighten out anything they see that is abnormal in her knee, and with some luck, she won't feel that anymore.  But I do think it was a nerve sensation she was feeling all those years, and by popping the joint, it released the nerve that was firing off sensations going nowhere.