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Total knee replacement infection after 9 years.
I recently had an infection on my total knee replacement, they went in and clean the infected area. I was on 6 weeks of Vancomycin antibiotics through a PICC line, and afterwards, the doctor stated that I would have to be on a low dose of antibiotics (Doxycycline 100mg) for the rest of my life, that it was the new recommendation from the AMA. I have not been able to find that info in the AMA website and my concern is the side effects of taking antibiotics for the rest of my life. Has anybody gone thru a similar infection and is presently on antibiotic for the rest of their life? Thank you
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1 ReactionAsk your family doctor to run a quantitative immunoglobulin panel. You might have CVID.
I have a similar situation. 8 years post op for TKR on right knee. No symptoms the
Knee was great did everything. Skied, bikes you name it. I was working( officiating a college baseball game, worked 1st game no issues. 2nd game off swelling started. 3 rd game. It blew up. Finished game sat down and after that couldn’t walk on it. No open wounds, no dental work. Mind boggling. Had the same surgery. Clean out pellets picc line for 6 weeks but anti biotics for 4 months not lifetime. Wondering how long your rehab was? I had the new surgery on Memorial Day weekend working it well got flexibility back but still swells and very weak still.
Are you saying there might be a Covid infection in knee?
She didn't have a typo, Cvid is a deficiency of infection fighting protein in your blood. Are you still having problems with the knee?
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1 ReactionHad you been to the dentist?
Thank you for info. I looked it up CVID and don't think that is or was my problem. Yes, I am still having trouble with my knee. Now 13 months post op. Still working with new PT building muscle in thigh, hip knee area. Flex is better but sure not like before surgery. Had Covid 2 weeks after surgery with NO PT. Started back with light PT about week 5 for a few days. Went to hospital for 2 weeks with diverticulitis and NO PT. Had MUA around week 13 with little improvement. Then lots of painful PT for months which seemed to make the knee worse. I am now at a point of just saying this is the best I can expect. Very discouraged and really not interested in having the other knee done. Any information you could pass along about minimally invasive tkr?
No I haven’t. Completely out of the blue
My 79 year old mother had a TKR 6 years ago. Her pain, swelling and hot knee has her in tears most days. Many pain meds don't even help. Three knee doctors all say it looks fine on scans. It is swollen, hot and excruciating. I can not bear to watch her suffering until the day she dies. She has had NO quality of life since her surgery. She now lives with me as it has fully disabled her and no one will listen and help. She is in bed almost for 5 years now. One doctor said it is phantom knee pain, What a bunch of crap! I do not know how to help her and I can not bear it either. I have CVID, Sjogren's, Fibromyalgia and inflammatory arthritis myself and live in pain but nothing I have seems to compare to her pain. She rocks in a chair crying from the pain with cold compresses on her knee. I do not know where tp turn for help and I am so discouraged and sad. If anyone has a doctor in DFW area that helped them can you share the name please?
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1 ReactionDrs Pond and Wolf at Arlington Orthopedic are very good and did mine, my husband’s TKR including several neighbors. Might be worth their opinion.