Knee pain may be caused by gout, and may also be related to septic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and other diseases.
1. Gout: mainly will cause finger joints, big toe joints, ankle joints, knee joints and other parts of the red, swollen, hot and painful, usually accompanied by redness of the skin, elevated temperature and other symptoms, the pain is severe, both may have hyperuricemia.
2. Septic arthritis: Septic arthritis is a kind of arthritis that is infected by purulent bacteria and causes joint destruction and loss of function, and the patient will have knee pain, localized redness and swelling and other symptoms.
3. Rheumatoid arthritis: Rheumatoid arthritis is a relatively common connective tissue disease, often violating multiple joints throughout the body, symmetrical pain, swelling, stiffness of small joints. However, in some patients, as the disease progresses, it can cause symptoms of knee pain, usually without reddening of the skin and elevated skin temperature.
Knee pain may be related to a variety of factors, it is recommended that patients seek medical attention in time to investigate, after clarifying the specific cause of the disease and then under the guidance of the physician for targeted treatment.