Patient: Description of condition (onset, main symptoms, hospital visited, etc.): My mother is 56 years old and has suffered from a herniated disc for the past two years, which was basically maintained by treatment. But recently, she has been suffering from knee pain again, which is good and bad at times. I haven’t been treated yet, but I’ve heard that it’s not treatable, and some doctors even suggest not to see them at all! Please give me some advice or something! Thank you. Luo Dianzhong, Department of Orthopedics, First Affiliated Hospital of the PLA General Hospital: A 50-year-old woman with chronic pain in the knee joint, swelling and fluid accumulation is not obvious, related to the amount of activity, usually osteoarthritis of the knee joint caused by joint wear. Conservative treatment: reduce activity, maintain normal or light weight, avoid repeated squatting up and down stairs, avoid carrying heavy objects and straining, insist on functional exercise of quadriceps, take oral anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs such as fotarine, keep warm, exclude diabetes, etc. Joint closure, joint injection “lubricant”, etc. If there is jamming (interlocking), or conservative treatment is not effective, you can choose different methods of surgical treatment according to the situation.