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Swelling and stiffness, 3 years after total knee replacement
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Something to consider. To anyone having issues. I have done both knees, a little over two years now. All has been great until a few months ago knees became very difficult and painful to bend.
I had been having what I thought were allergies at the time, this developed into a severe nasal problem, swelling, headaches, fatigue etc. My regular Doctor gave amoxicillin with little change.
I finally saw an ENT, he immediately diagnosed as a staph infection. Ran cultures to confirm. Began a different antibiotic and within days the knee issues as well as sinus began lessening.
What I am asking is if you had been doing well, might you have a bacterial infection causing the issues?
GOOD LUCK to ALL!
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Good evening @becinga. Welcome to Connect and thank you for bringing a gift with you. That information about the staph infection will be helpful to other members for a long time. We do know that while only two people might respond to one of your posts, hundreds may read and benefit from your post even though they do not participate or respond visually.
At Connect, we are big sharers.....knowing that knowledge is power and hoping to learn as much about our condition as we can.
I also have two TKR knees. The first one has survived for 11 years and the second one was just a year ago. It is amazing to see how technology and treatments have advanced to ensure that we get the most from the surgery.
Do you have any questions or concerns at this point?
May you have happiness and the causes of happiness.
Chris