The main causes of knee swelling and pain are gout, synovitis, joint injury, osteoarthritis, etc. You can apply anti-swelling and anti-inflammatory drugs for the causes.
1. Gout: anti-inflammatory drugs can be applied to the swollen joints, colchicine is more effective in treating acute swelling and pain, and uric acid-lowering drugs such as febuxostat can be applied to reduce uric acid to the normal range in the chronic stage.
2. Synovitis: aseptic inflammation of the synovium, resulting in fluid accumulation, can be applied to non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, such as diclofenac sodium or celecoxib. The application of drugs to reduce swelling, such as Mai Zhi Ling tablets.
3. Joint injury: topical blood-activating and swelling-reducing drugs such as Yunnan Baiyao aerosol or antispasmodic and analgesic tincture.
4. Osteoarthritis: can be applied to nutritional cartilage drugs such as glucosamine sulfate capsules, can also be applied to glucocorticoids, such as dexamethasone tablets.
Knee swelling and pain need to go to the hospital in time to find out the specific cause of the disease, under the guidance of the doctor for targeted treatment. The above drugs should be used in accordance with the doctor’s instructions, do not blindly use their own medication.