Can there be loose bodies inside the knee? What are the reasons symptoms and solutions?

Yes, loose bodies are usually pieces of bone or cartilage tissue that freely floats in the knee joint fluid

Reasons: 1 trauma – injuries to knee results in breakdown of small fragments of bone or cartilage

That falls and freely floats in joint

2. Broken osteophytes due to wear and tear of joint
3. Disease called synovial chondromatosis results in formation of lot of nodules of cartilage

Which eventually becomes loose bodies

Symptoms include

Feeling of something moving in the joint

Pain and swelling of knee

Catching or locking of knee

Solution is surgical removal of loose body