A Baker’s cyst (also popliteal cyst) develops in the popliteal space of the knee, usually in connection with a chronic infection around the knee joint. It is caused when the tissue behind the knee joint becomes jammed and inflamed.
A Baker’s cyst is a cyst in the knee joint. It starts from the knee's joint capsule and arches into the hollow of the knee. Sometimes a Baker’s cyst causes no other symptoms other than the swelling at the back of the knee. In rare cases, a Baker’s cyst can burst, causing the fluid to leak down in a person's calf and this can cause redness, swelling, and sharp pain in the calf.
Baker’s cysts usually develop in connection with other conditions that cause an increased accumulation of fluids in the knee joint (inflammatory-rheumatic diseases, chronic arthritis). It can be felt as a large, firm, and elastic swelling that causes pain when the leg is bent. A very large Baker’s cyst can put pressure on blood vessels or lymphatic vessels and cause corresponding symptoms (having the calf fall asleep, swelling of the calf).
Treating the underlying disease can lead to a relief of symptoms caused by a Baker’s cyst. If treatment of the underlying disease doesn’t help or if the Baker’s cyst becomes too large, then it needs to be removed via operation.
Several years of work in academia, medical practice and finally commercialization make it possible to provide an end-to-end process to help users to “find the appropriate medical help based on their present symptoms”. Below you will find a short explanation, showing you which part of the platform will help you best in finding the appropriate medical support.
Proceed as follows to enter your current symptoms.
Click on the appropriate body part on the picture. Select one/multiple symptoms corresponding to your complaint.
You can also add symptoms by typing your medical complaint in the search box and selecting the best matching suggestion.
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Once you have selected all applicable symptoms, click the “analyze disease pattern”-button.
Accordingly, you will get a list of possible diseases and matching doctor categories who can further help you.
You can inform yourself about the possible diseases by reading the related information. But you can also return to the previous step and add more symptoms or delete already added ones to further narrow down your disease pattern.
Click on the desired doctor category to find a doctor who can help you.
If you are logged in with your profile, you will be displayed the appropriate doctors in your area. Otherwise you can enter an address in the “address” field and you will be displayed a doctor’s list around that specified address.
You will receive further information about the displayed doctors when you press on “details”.
Online bookable doctors in your area will be indicated with the notation “Book appointment” or “Book externally”, additionally they will be displayed on top of the list for your convenience.
Click on “Book appointment” to start the online appointment booking process with the desired doctor.
Please select an available appointment. “Green“ appointments are booked directly. “Red“ appointments need to be confirmed by the doctor.
Enter your general personal and health information.
Enter your present medical symptoms.
Enter your mobile phone number to identify yourself and you can finalize the appointment booking.
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