What's Wrong with Me?
I am a runner, and I started having dull and intermittent pain at the bottom of my feet. The pain worsens, becoming sharp and more persistent, even after sitting down to rest due to this common problem amongst active people.
What is Plantar Fasciitis?
Severed tendons can be sutured at both ends as a part of this procedure.
What is Tenorrhaphy?
Injury to a tendon, muscle, or other tissue as a result of overuse, overstretching or excessive forcible stretching beyond the tissue's capacity is called this.
Osteomyelitis can be diagnosed by collecting this type of culture from the infected site of the bone.
What is a blood culture?
Bone fragments are torn away with ligament or muscle tears in this type of fracture.
What is Avulsion?
Many of my joints and surrounding muscles have been stiff and aching consistently for the last few months. I am also sleeping terribly due to the pain at night, experiencing spells of constipation and nausea, as well as feeling more on edge than usual with increased sensitivity to loud noises and bright lights due to this chronic condition more often diagnosed in women.
What is Fibromyalgia?
Symptomatic Paget's disease can be treated with anti-inflammatories, analgesics, cytotoxic agents or injections of this hormone produced naturally by the thyroid gland.
What is calcitonin?
Potential blood vessel and nerve damage, along with edema and sharp pain that comes and goes, defines this type of injury as more serious and requires more intense treatment.
What is a sprain?
Marfan syndrome can be diagnosed by genetic testing, and potential aortic dissection characteristic of the syndrome may be detected during this type of ultrasound exam.
What is an echocardiogram?
Acceleration-deceleration trauma resulting in this type of fracture in the neck requires immediate immobilization to prevent spinal cord damage and paralysis.
What is a vertebral fracture?