If you feel pain and stiffness in your knee, you might have arthritis. Most kinds of arthritis cause pain and swelling in your joints. The knee joint is where the femur and the tibia meet. Over time the knee joint has cartilage which wears down and can result in pain and inflammation in the joint.
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