Most doctors no longer recommend niacin for first line cholesterol control â except for people who can't tolerate statins. In those people, the benefits of niacin may outweigh the risk of potentially serious side effects.
The bulge creates a feeling of tightness behind the knee as well as stiffness and swelling and pain behind the knee and calf. For many, this pain intensifies when flexing or fully extending the leg. Often, these cysts go away without any treatment.
The signs and symptoms of bakerâs cyst, are as follows. You may see a swelling behind the knee which is the popliteal fossa. So just behind the knee joint, you will see a small or a large size swelling. So this is probably a bakerâs cyst, which is the commonest swelling behind the knee.