9 Reasons You May Have Swollen Knees, According to Doctors
5. Bursitis could be to blame.
“Those little blood vessels bleed and the bursa produces excess fluid, which creates this giant, swollen pouch—like a bubble of fluid just below the skin,” Dr. Gladstone says. These inflamed pouches, which can take on all sorts of shapes and sizes, can be incredibly painful to put pressure on. “Deep within the knee joint, there’s a layer of thin tissue called the ‘capsule’ between your bones,” Dr. Gladstone explains. When some sort of damage causes swelling within the knee joint, the pressure pushes extra fluid in the capsule out behind the knee joint, essentially creating a what looks like a swollen ball at the back of the knee.
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