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@areichel
Your symptoms sound similar to mine. Was the fluid that was aspirated from your swollen knee bloody or otherwise? If it was bloody, were three test tubes sent to "a special lab on the east coast" to determine what was causing the bleeding? I have something called "Recurrent Hemarthrosis" of the knee. It is very rare. For most people it can be remedied by Genicular Arterial Embolization. That didn't work for me, but I am having exploratory surgery tomorrow morning and hope this revision surgeon can find the cause, then fix it. Keep searching for answers. I've been bleeding inside my knee socket for 4 years.

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@bjw1948 this is so helpful! The doc I saw didn’t take the next step-only 1 vial-not sure where it went-plus the metal allergy testing that went to Chicago.

The vial of bloody synovial fluid came back “inflammation.” The ortho surgeon said there was nothing else he could do, but it sounds like there is!

Best of luck with your surgery!