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  • female
  • 70 Years
  • 14/08/2025

My grandmother has knee pain with some swelling and was told her synovial membrane is thinning. She's struggling to walk and can't get knee replacement surgery because she's diabetic. She's at a normal weight could you suggest a safe pain reliever with anti-inflammatory effects that works with olmesartan medoxomil?

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I'm experiencing something a bit oddmy feet swell up every evening but then go back to normal by the morning, and there's no pain with it. I usually go for walks both in the morning and evening. A while back, my right knee was swollen and painful, and I massaged it with sarson oil, which helped the knee, but now my feet are having this issue. I did the RA factor test, and it came back negative. My cholesterol is at 215.11 mgdl, but otherwise, my reports were normal. I'm just wondering what could be causing this swelling in my feetany insights?

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