I have a really bad knee pain after i fell.?

Question

Yesterday i was at a train station and i was running up an escalator. I fell and my knee went in to the jagged edge of the step. When i sat down it started bleeding. After i got home i looked at it and there was a really deep cut, deep enough to get stitches, but not very wide, so i didn't go to the hospitail. Now today it hurts extremely to move and when i can actually bend it, it puts me in tears. Its really swollen, and motrin helps a little. Now 24 hours after i feel like its huge, and getting more swollen. It hurts under my knee cap and on the left side and front. Think i should go to the hospitial or wait it out? And is it possible for you to have internal bleeding around your knee?

Answer 1

I think you should go to the hospital to make sure that it's not infected or anything worst.  

Answer 2

go to your local emergency room, this could be serious. if you go now it can be resolved in an early stage.

Answer 3

you may have torn a ligament and have internal bleeding because stitches help to stop the bleeding inside of your knee. go to the hospital asap!

Answer 4

it sounds like a cyst in your knee to me. you might need surgery. go to your local emergency room.

a cyst is a realy bad infection that hurts a lot, my friend has one and she needed surgery. hers was in her knee too.

Answer 5

I think that you should go to the ER or to Urgent Care or at the very least - your family dr.

You very likely torn a muscle or ligament that surrounds your knee cap or supports your knee.  While you may not require surgery - it's best to get it looked at now because if it doesn't heal correctly, you could be in for some serious pain/ reconstructive surgery later on in life.

Put ice on the knee and stay off of it as much as possible until you get proper health care.

Good Luck!