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Knee and calf pain
My father is 61 years old. He is having consistent pain in knee and calf in left leg. Problem increases during walk, seating for a longer time. He got health checkup done. Details:
FBS/PPBS: 98/153,
HbA1c: 6.9%,
Total Cholestrol:226,
HDL/VLDL/LDL: 51/41/134
T3/T4/TSH: 1.3/6.4/2.66
Vitamin B12: 1733
Vitamin D: 21.6
Kindly suggest medication and further tests he can take.
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Hello sir, your father might be suffering from age related degerative changes in the knee called as osteoarthritis of knee joint so kindly get x-rays of knee joint in standing position n upload it so that I can help you with further treatment. Thank you
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x-ray both knees AP/LAT in standing position is very important
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avoid sitting cross legged n squatting
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