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Bone, Joint and Ligament Problems

Bones can’t move without joints and ligaments. Discuss all bone, joint and ligament alignments in this forum. They include but aren’t limited to osteoporosis, Paget's Disease, Osteogenesis Imperfecta, osteomyelitis, fibrous dysplasia, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, gout, cervical spondylosis, ankylosing spondylitis, infective arthritis, ligament sprain, tendonitis, and ligament inflammation.

Most common changes on the joints in arthritis

What would be the most common changes on the joints in rheumatoid arthritis? I am 45 years old and I remember how much pain my late father endured a decade ago because of that condition. Since I might have the same problem, I would like to know what might affect me, where and how painful would that...

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pain in wrist after rotator cuff surgery

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I had a tear in my rotator cuff as well as a tear in my bicep repaired and some bone spurs removed from my shoulder on Tuesday. It is now Saturday and the wrist of that arm is very swollen and painful. Is this normal. I went to emergency last night where they exrayed it and said it was fine, but I...

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trama induced arthritis

Hi all. I work in one junkyard and have been lifting really heavy stuff for last few years... Anyway, recently I started feeling severe pain in almost my all joints so I’m wondering if it is possible that I have arthritis?? Can arthritis be induced by trama??? I would really appreciate your...

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Mediastinal mass

I went to have a explora scan done as a precautionary manner for my husband and myself. They found a 2cm mediatistinal mass in my chest. I have a severe allergic reaction to iodine so I cannot have contrast on another CT scan they recommended 3 months later. I had an MRI and went to a...

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chest pain not heart attack

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I know that chest pain is often sign for a heart attack, but I want to know what other conditions related to chest pains are. I have sometimes chest pain because of the heartburn, it occurs somewhere behind the breast bone. I know for sure that is not heart attack.

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spinal block Vs General anastesia for hip replacement surgur

Elderly patient with moderate stenosis of the aeortic valve needs hip replacement. would spinal block be preferred over general anastesia?

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Brodies Abcess Removed from the Tibia

HEllo there. Just wondering if anyone as any information on a Brodies Abcess I have suffered with severe ankle pain for 12 years (I am 26 just now) . Been to the doctors many times and told me there was nothing wrong with my ankle i was making it up to get attention. My doctor told my parents I...

by User avatar lottabelle

Crippling pain in my pelvil

In both sides of my body by my butt there is a bone that is so painfull at times I cannot walk. Understand it is part of the pelvis. I have been taking nutritional supplements for the joints and every pain cream, lotion that I can get. Nothing helps. I have been told by medical folk that this bone...

by User avatar edpet6183

Post hip replacement complications

My mother is 83. In 2001 she fell and broken her pelvis in the groin area. She was operated on and a plate was attached across the break. The operation was not a success. She had so much arthritis in the hip that the head of the femur was popping up into the hip joint when she walked. In 2002,...

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Bunion and hammer toe surgery

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This surgery has ruined my foot...it hurts worse now then before surgery..The toe that ad the k wire did not heal correctly it hangs down below the other toes and is stiff and burns and stings most of the time.I regret having this surgery I feel it was a bad mistake ...never got any therapy after I...

by User avatar dianew413