Fell and injured my knee but is it worth a doctors visit?

[kturner]

A fell about a month ago and hurt my knee. When i fell my leg was out to the side and straightened out. I tried to stop myself on the floor by putting my hands down but I missed the floor and struh the side of my knee with most of my body weight falling on it. Then it was swollen and painful to walk. Everything kinda went away for a while but the pain stayed. And now hrs pain it getting progressively worse everyday and the swelling is gone up again. The pain is below my knee cap but Kind of in my knee joint. The pain get worse when I walk and go up stairs. But I don't want to go to the doctor cause I'm scared I will be put out of sports. And I just got back into sports 2 months ago from a previous injury to my foot. If I decide to what could be wrong and is it worth me going?

[Heidi]

You should go to the Dr. If they tell you to stop playing sports then it is because you need to do that to allow your injury to heal. Surely better to have a couple of weeks out now than to keep going, make it worse and need a couple of months out?!