Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Synonyms:Rheumatism, primarily chronic polyarthritis, PCP, RA, joint rheumatism
- Location of the greatest pain: Not clearly identifiable. Pain around the entire joint.
- PathologyCause:Rheumatoid inflammation of the knee joint mucosa. Mostly other joints are also affected.
- Age:middle to higher age
- Gender:Women > Men
- Accident:No
- Type of pain: stabbing, bright, burning
- Pain development: Both acute attacks and chronic pain are possible.
- Pain occurrence:Constant pain. Stress pain.
- External aspects: overheating, swelling. Visible loss of normal knee contour.
Osteochondrosis dissecans
- Synonyms:Bone Necrosis, Bone Mortality, Ahlbäck’s Disease, Aseptic Bone Necrosis, Articular Mouse, Discecephalus, Osteochondritis dissecans, Osteonecrosis, OD, Dissecting Osteochondrosis
- Location of the greatest pain: Not clearly identifiable. Pain around the entire joint. Partial pain maximum above the inner femoral condyle.
- Cause of Pathology:Unexplained bone death (aseptic osteonecrosis) mainly at the inner femoral condyle.
- Age:Childhood and youth.
Preferably towards the end of the growth age. Rarely also occurrence in adulthood in the context of an arthrosis (Morbus Ahlbäck).
- Gender:BoysGirls 2:1
- Accident:No
- Type of pain:Uncharacteristic knee pain.
- Pain development: creeping, changeable.
- Pain occurrence:Stress pain. Blockages after a piece of cartilage-bone has been released.
- External aspects:None, possibly swelling
Irritable knee
- Synonyms in a broader sense:Overload knee
- Location of the greatest pain: Not clearly identifiable. Pain around the entire joint.
- PathologyCause: Inflammatory overload reaction of the joint mucosa.
- Age:Any age. Mostly after unusual sporting activities.
- Gender:no gender preference
- Accident:No
- Type of pain: stabbing, bright, burning
- Pain development:Often a few hours or the day after the strain.
- Pain occurrence:Constant pain.
Stress pain.
- External aspects: overheating, swelling. Serous (yellowish clear) fluid in knee joint puncture.
- Synonyms:Coxitis fugax (in children)
- Location of the greatest pain: Not clearly identifiable. Pain around the entire joint.
- PathologyCause:Inflammatory, immunological reaction of the joint mucosa after viral infection (e.g. gastrointestinal infection, upper airways, disease of the urinary tract).
- Age:any age
- Gender:no gender preference
- Accident:No
- Type of pain: stabbing, bright, burning
- Pain development:Often days after viral infection.
- Pain occurrence:Constant pain, pain under stress
- External aspects:Overheating, swelling
