What you do not know about knee-burning sensation

Knee problems are many and varied, and each of them indicates the existence of a problem in the individual’s body. In the following article, we will talk in detail about knee burning, what are its causes, and how to deal with it, so let us read the following.

Knee-burning sensation

Suffering from a burning sensation in the knee or a fever is one of the symptoms that accompany inflammatory diseases of the joints, and this may also occur as a result of the response to certain medications and the start of recovery, or this burning may infer that there is something wrong, and this may be accompanied by some other symptoms such as a feeling of stiffness and redness and noticing a change in the color of the joint, in addition to the occurrence of swelling and the feeling of severe pain that increases with time and the patient may not be able to move his knee completely.

A visit to the doctor is necessary and cannot be neglected in the event that all these symptoms are observed at the same time without disappearing within a few days, as receiving appropriate medical care from the beginning of the problem helps prevent its serious development over time.

What is the treatment for knee-burning sensation?

The burning sensation in the knee may be the result of a minor trauma without the individual’s attention or neglect, which causes inflammation of the medial collateral ligament, and the treatment may be simple in most cases and requires only doing some hot compresses 6 times a day for 20 minutes at a time and taking one tablet of Celebrex 100 daily for a week.

In addition, the patient must realize the importance of rest for a few days and avoid any major effort that exposes the knee to more severe pain, and if the pain intensifies from time to time, analgesics that do not require a doctor’s consultation can be taken, but if a short period has passed and the pain and its accompanying symptoms have not disappeared, you must go to the clinic of a doctor who specializes in orthopedics immediately to make sure that there is no serious problem.

Causes of knee burning 

There are many causes leading to burning in the knee and the method of treating each of them differs from the other, as joint infections are considered the most common for burning in the knee and are divided into many types such as rheumatoid arthritis, knee roughness, and purulent arthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis is caused by a defect in the immune system, which makes it attack the healthy parts of the individual’s body, and this is accompanied by symptoms such as swelling, fever, and severe joint pain.

As for the roughness of the knee, it occurs as a result of the erosion of the cartilage, which makes the bones exposed and rub against each other, which causes the appearance of some symptoms on the individual, including irritation in the joints, thinning, and extreme heat, as well as swelling and stiffness in the joint, while purulent arthritis occurs as a result of an infection in the blood as a result of exposure to a wound close to the joint, and some diseases increase the possibility of infection, such as diabetes, sickle cell anemia, kidney failure, AIDS, cancer and rheumatic diseases.

A burning sensation above the knee

The burning sensation that is felt in the area above the knee may be an indication of inflammation in the bursa that is located in the knee area, whether it is one or more than that, and this bursa is filled with a lot of fluid that works to be located near the knee joint and works to reduce friction during movement in addition to being like a pressure cushion between the bones, tendons, muscles, and skin.

It is possible for any of the bursae that are present in the knee joint to be exposed to inflammation, but the most common one remains the cystic inflammation that is located in the area above the knee or in the inner side below the joint, and this inflammation results in a burning sensation at the top of the knee and pain that makes the individual unable to move well.

Burning behind the knee

When an individual feels a burning sensation behind the knee, this may be evidence of popliteal artery entrapment syndrome (PAES), and this is not common among many individuals and in which pressure occurs from the calf muscle that is located in an abnormal place for it or that is enlarged on the main artery behind the knee, which imprisons the artery, and this makes blood flow not possible for the lower leg and foot, and this is more prevalent among athletic people.