more knee problems

[Guest guest]

Dang, okrgr1, you're good. If you want to

continue to hone your research skills, what can you find

about osteochondritis dessicans? This condition plagues

my boyfriend's knee by causing small pieces of the

cartlige to come loose and move in and around in his knee

joint. Last year there was a pea-sized nugget just

underneath the skin that he could move around from one side

of the knee to the other. Needless to say, when

loose inside the joint they cause some trouble. Are you

sufficiently intrigued to find out more? I hope so, because he

had a small handful of bits removed arthroscopically

a while back, but any bent legged postures are

still a torture.<br><br>hula<br><br>(I have to admit

that when I read okrgr1 my mind says okgirl. No

offense please, or if so, please redirect it into

searching the depths of your secret MD resources.)

[Guest guest]

osteochondritis dessicans (OCD): not as much on

this one, at least for the knee. several sites

discussed the same illness for other joints and there were

a lot of veterinarian sites for the same problem.

here's the best i could glean from and

google:<br><br>a link to a lecture on OCD--approx 17 minutes long.

(you need realplayer to hear it and to view the

slides. if you don't have realplayer you can down load

the FREE one from their site at

www.real.com):<br><br><a href=http://www.bayviewortho.com/education/OCD/ocd.htm

target=new>http://www.bayviewortho.com/education/OCD/ocd.htm</a><br><br>a

textbook web page--readable, is in outline form

and seems to follow much of the same info in the

lecture above:<br><br><a href=http://www.medmedia.com/oo1/68.htm

target=new>http://www.medmedia.com/oo1/68.htm</a>