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Plantar fasciitis ( PF ) is a painful inflammatory process of the plantar fascia, the connective tissue on the sole ( bottom surface ) of the foot.
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; Dancer's heel ( Plantar fasciitis ): When the tendon on the instep of the foot tightens, causing the instep and heel to hurt very badly.
Plantar fasciitis is most common in runners, obese individuals, women who are pregnant and those who wear shoes with inadequate heel support.
He suffered from Plantar fasciitis, which is an inflammation in the ligament that connects the heel bone to the toes.
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) Plantar warts are usually self-limiting, but treatment is generally recommended to lessen symptoms ( which may include pain ), decrease duration, and reduce transmission.
Plantar warts are almost unknown in habitually barefoot cultures and people, this is because walking barefoot for extended periods of time strengthens the skin and keeps it dry and uncompromised as well as wearing off the virus through friction on the soles of the feet, preventing infection.
Plantar fascial fibromatosis, also known as Ledderhose's disease, Morbus Ledderhose, and plantar fibromatosis, is a relatively uncommon non-malignant thickening of the feet's deep connective tissue, or fascia.
Plantar fibromatosis is most frequently present on the medial border of the sole, near the highest point of the arch.
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* Plantar wart ( verruca, Verruca plantaris ), a hard sometimes painful lump, often with multiple black specks in the center ; usually only found on pressure points on the soles of the feet ;
Plantar warts tend to be painful on application of pressure from either side of the lesion rather than direct pressure, unlike calluses ( which tend to be painful on direct pressure instead ).
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* Plantar warts ( myrmecia )-HPV type 1 ( most common ); also types 2, 3, 4, 27, 28, and 58 and others.
Plantar warts are benign epithelial tumors caused by infection by human papilloma virus types 1, 2, 4, or 63.
Plantar warts are often similar to calluses or corns, but can be differentiated by close observation of skin striations.
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S. pyogenes, also known as Group A Streptococcus ( GAS ), is the causative agent in Group A streptococcal infections, including streptococcal pharyngitis (" strep throat "), acute rheumatic fever, scarlet fever, acute glomerulonephritis and necrotizing fasciitis.
Necrotizing fasciitis ( or ) or NF, commonly known as flesh-eating disease or flesh-eating bacteria syndrome, is a rare infection of the deeper layers of skin and subcutaneous tissues, easily spreading across the fascial plane within the subcutaneous tissue.
Necrotizing fasciitis is quickly progressing, having greater risk of developing in the immunocompromised due to conditions like Diabetes, Cancer, etc.
Necrotic tissue from the left leg is being surgically debrided in a patient with necrotizing fasciitis ( same patient as top ).
In necrotizing fasciitis, aggressive surgical debridement ( removal of infected tissue ) is always necessary to keep it from spreading and is the only treatment available.
Necrotizing fasciitis, also called by the media " flesh-eating bacteria ", is an example of a deep-layer infection.
Pain relief is also often prescribed, but excessive pain should always be investigated as it is a symptom of necrotizing fasciitis.
Interestingly, failure most often occurred at the proximal attachment to the calcaneus, which is consistent with the usual location of symptoms ( i. e. in plantar fasciitis ).
A symptom commonly recognized among sufferers of plantar fasciitis is an increased probability of knee pains, especially among runners.
An incidental finding associated with this condition is a heel spur, a small bony calcification on the calcaneus heel bone, in which case it is the underlying plantar fasciitis that produces the pain, and not the spur itself.
The condition is responsible for the creation of the spur ; the plantar fasciitis is not caused by the spur.
Some current studies suggest that plantar fasciitis is not actually inflamed plantar fascia, but merely an inflamed flexor digitorum brevis muscle ( FDB ) belly.
There is contradictory evidence and recommendations for the efficacy of extracorporeal shockwave therapy ( ESWT ), or the use of acoustic shock waves, as treatment for plantar fasciitis.
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