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  2. Avascular necrosis - Wikipedia

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    Avascular necrosis (AVN), also called osteonecrosis or bone infarction, is death of bone tissue due to interruption of the blood supply. [1] Early on, there may be no symptoms. [ 1 ] Gradually joint pain may develop, which may limit the person's ability to move. [ 1 ]

  3. Freiberg disease - Wikipedia

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    Freiberg disease, also known as a Freiberg infraction, is a form of avascular necrosis in the metatarsal bone of the foot. It generally develops in the second metatarsal, but can occur in any metatarsal. Physical stress causes multiple tiny fractures where the middle of the metatarsal meets the growth plate.

  4. Kienböck's disease - Wikipedia

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    Specifically, Kienböck's disease is another name for avascular necrosis [2] (death and fracture of bone tissue due to interruption of blood supply) with fragmentation and collapse of the lunate. This has classically been attributed to arterial disruption, but may also occur after events that produce venous congestion with elevated interosseous ...

  5. Limb infarction - Wikipedia

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    The major tissues affected are nerves and muscles, where irreversible damage starts to occur after 4–6 hours of cessation of blood supply. [4] Skeletal muscle, the major tissue affected, is still relatively resistant to infarction compared to the heart and brain because its ability to rely on anaerobic metabolism by glycogen stored in the cells may supply the muscle tissue long enough for ...

  6. Osteochondrosis - Wikipedia

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    Articular: Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease (or, avascular necrosis of the femoral head in the hip), Köhler's disease (of the tarsal navicular bone of the foot), Freiberg's infraction (of the second or third metatarsal of the foot and less frequently the first or fourth; sometimes called Freiberg's Infraction or Freiberg's disease), [10] Blount's ...

  7. Diseases of the foot - Wikipedia

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    Corns and calluses are very common and do not look pleasant. Corns and calluses generally need treatment only if they cause problems. For most people, the best treatment of corns and calluses is to eliminate the source of friction or pressure. [5] Ingrown toe nail is a disorder where the nail starts to grow into the soft fleshy area of the toe.

  8. Mom Once Saw “My Sister's Keeper” as a 'F---ed Up ... - AOL

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    "It's called avascular necrosis. Because the blood isn't flowing as well to that part of the body, there's no oxygen. So that portion of the bone, or that tissue, starts dying," she notes.

  9. Extracorporeal shockwave therapy - Wikipedia

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    Two 2017 reviews had similar findings, with moderate level evidence at best. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Extracorporeal shockwave therapy is used as a second line measure to treat tennis elbow , [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] shoulder rotator cuff pain, [ 12 ] [ 13 ] Achilles tendinitis , [ 14 ] [ 15 ] plantar fasciitis , [ 16 ] [ 17 ] and greater trochanteric pain syndrome.