Chronic Knee Pain

[kswank1121]

Chronic Knee Pain:

Almost a year and a half ago my boyfriend started to experience chronic knee pain. In February of last year he had a knee surgery to remove a hematoma and clotted blood  and dead tissue. Since that surgery his knee has only gotten worse.  He has been to every specialist you can think of and has been on extremely high amounts of pain medication with no relief. The pain is centered in the center of his knee, as if you were to drill from the top of the knee and the side, the point they met is where the pain is. There was on injury to the knee prior to it starting to hurt.

My question is has anyone hear of this before?

Does anyone know what I can do to help him?

[Dr Arora]

Hello, current surgical techniques such as arthroscopies and current post operative regimens, such as early mobilization have made most knee operations more patient friendly. Doctors are also more attuned to pain and are more eager than ever before to find ways to minimize it. Persistent pain following surgery can be due to a hematoma. Admittedly, there are times where persistent pain does not have an obvious cause. MRI can help in finding some lesion which might be causing pain. There might be some degenerative changes or arthritic changes in the knee. Good luck

[Tuckamore]

Hello Kswank,

Welcome to MedHelp's Pain Management Forum. Your boyfriend is so fortunate to have your concern and compassion!  I am very sorry to hear that he is on so much pain, especially after so much time has passed.

Has he had a recent MRI? If not I suggest that he request one so they can determine what may be happening within the joint. Our knee joint is very complex, not only does it bear our weight, it receives a lot of force and stress with every step, twist and turn we take.

I cannot guess if his pain is due to the original injury or of it is from the trauma of the removal of the hematoma .... or more then likely the combination of the two. Whenever the cause it's important to try to determine what is happening now...and the reason he continues to have pain. Once that is done a treatment plan should be developed. Possibly a surgical correction may required. If not an option, I would hope a regime of medications and treatments that may include therapies may help control or decrease his pain.

Encourage him not to accept the pain without answers. It can be frustrating but I suggest he keep looking for the reasons he still has pain. How can you help???? ... Support his search and endeavor and support him and understand the difficulties he faces that are associated with living with Chronic Pain.

If you would like some literature on Chronic Pain Please let me know and I will send you some links or post some information. Bless you for caring so much. I hope you will keep us posted on his plight.

Peace,
~Tuck