15/05/2025                                                                            
                                    
                                                                            
                                            Knee swelling can occur at any age, but the likely causes vary depending on the age group. Here’s a breakdown of age-wise common causes of knee swelling:
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Children and Adolescents
 • Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA): Chronic autoimmune condition causing joint inflammation.
 • Trauma or Injury: Falls, sports injuries, or accidents can cause ligament tears, fractures, or contusions.
 • Osgood-Schlatter Disease: Common in active teens, swelling occurs at the tibial tuberosity.
 • Infections: Septic arthritis or osteomyelitis, especially in younger children.
 • Hemarthrosis: In children with bleeding disorders like hemophilia.
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Young Adults (20–40 years)
 • Sports Injuries: ACL tears, meniscal injuries, patellar dislocation.
 • Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome: Often activity-related, common in runners.
 • Inflammatory Arthritis: Early onset rheumatoid arthritis, lupus.
 • Overuse Injuries: Bursitis, tendinitis.
 • Gout (early onset): May start affecting joints in this age group.
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Middle Age (40–60 years)
 • Degenerative Changes: Early osteoarthritis begins to appear.
 • Meniscal Tears: Degenerative or acute.
 • Gout/Pseudogout: Crystal-induced arthritis becomes more common.
 • Baker’s Cyst: Often secondary to meniscal tears or arthritis.
 • Reactive Arthritis: Post-infectious joint inflammation.
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Older Adults (60+ years)
 • Osteoarthritis: Most common cause; chronic wear-and-tear degeneration.
 • Pseudogout: Calcium pyrophosphate crystal deposition (CPPD).
 • Septic Arthritis: Higher risk due to immunosenescence or prosthetic joints.
 • Prosthetic Joint Complications: Inflammation, infection, or loosening.
 • Spontaneous Hemarthrosis: Often due to anticoagulant therapy or fragile blood vessels.
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