strep knee
noun
A bizarre and dramatic immune response where your knee swells up like a grapefruit because your body decides to fight strep throat… in your leg.
Origin: Coined by a concerned patient and an equally baffled doctor, "strep knee" occurs when your immune system gets the memo about a strep infection (even secondhand from your niece) and goes rogue—attacking your joints instead of just your throat.
Joint Havoc (J.H.): A medically unverified condition where your knee revolts due to strep knee
Symptoms:
-One tragically swollen knee
-Joints that feel like they’ve been personally offended
-Fatigue that rivals a toddler after a sugar crash
-A mysterious limp that screams “I swear I’m not faking it”
-Googling “why is my knee mad at me?” at 2 a.m.
-Googling "can your knee be dramatic" and feeling seen
-Physical therapist side-eye followed by, “Well, that’s new…”
noun
A bizarre and dramatic immune response where your knee swells up like a grapefruit because your body decides to fight strep throat… in your leg.
Origin: Coined by a concerned patient and an equally baffled doctor, "strep knee" occurs when your immune system gets the memo about a strep infection (even secondhand from your niece) and goes rogue—attacking your joints instead of just your throat.
Joint Havoc (J.H.): A medically unverified condition where your knee revolts due to strep knee
Symptoms:
-One tragically swollen knee
-Joints that feel like they’ve been personally offended
-Fatigue that rivals a toddler after a sugar crash
-A mysterious limp that screams “I swear I’m not faking it”
-Googling “why is my knee mad at me?” at 2 a.m.
-Googling "can your knee be dramatic" and feeling seen
-Physical therapist side-eye followed by, “Well, that’s new…”
Usage:
“Yeah, I didn’t even have strep throat, but now I’m limping because of strep knee.”
"I went to urgent care for a sore throat and left with a knee brace—turns out it was strep knee, because apparently my immune system has a flair for drama."
“Yeah, I didn’t even have strep throat, but now I’m limping because of strep knee.”
"I went to urgent care for a sore throat and left with a knee brace—turns out it was strep knee, because apparently my immune system has a flair for drama."
by notangieeeanggg April 11, 2025
Get the Strep Kneemug. by Strep July 6, 2021
Get the Strepmug. by PKARSK February 18, 2018
Get the strep loadmug. by I.lenzy October 29, 2020
Get the strep-thrumug. Short for the word “obstreperous”. Strepping means to be stubborn and resistant to authority. It is usually used to describe a boisterous youth.
Tony was a good point guard, but he be strepping with his coaches. He never listened to their instructions.
“Don’t be strepping big dog, get with the program”
“Don’t be strepping big dog, get with the program”
by Cool kid 1996 December 8, 2023
Get the Streppingmug. by Super definitions Inc. April 7, 2022
Get the strep throtemug. Yaya hadn’t been feeling well for a few weeks. She had caught strep throat, taking antibiotics did not work so she tried ball gagging. Yaya is cured.
by Xylophon3 September 30, 2021
Get the Strep Throatmug.