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Symptoms of disease - pain in the heel

As the rest of the foot, the heel performs the role of shock absorber. Soft fatty layer and the heel bone, the largest of the 26 bones of the foot, can withstand the tremendous pressure when running and walking. But through the heel bone pass the blood vessels, why in comparison with other bones it is more soft, bovine, pass through it and nerves.

Many of the nerves of the feet it is through the heel pass to other parts of the foot. It is because of the presence of nerve channels and blood vessels heel so sensitive to injury. Corrupt heel is very simple.
Pain in the heel can be caused by many reasons, uncomfortable shoes to biomechanical problems, arising during walking and running. Heel may become a victim of tendonitis (inflammation of the tendon tissue) and rheumatoid arthritis.

Which diseases there is pain in the heel

There are two main reasons for pain in the heel (plantar fasciitis and heel spurs).
- Firstly, a continuous overvoltage feet, which leads to pain overload. It can be called footwear with unusually low heel, a sharp increase in motor activity, as well as industrial activities related to the long-term stay on his feet. All of this leads to the development of such diseases, as plantar fasciitis.
The plantar fascia is a dense connective-woven education, which in the form of a broad strip is located on the plantar surface of the foot from the heel bone to heads of metatarsus. Common diagnosis «pain in the heel» is usually associated with stretching and inflammation of the plantar fascia in the place of attachment to calcanean mound.

"With time, chronic inflammation of the plantar fascia leads to the deposition of calcium salts in the areas of inflammation to the formation of bone growth, called a calcaneal spur. As a rule, during this period pain in the foot is already declining. The pain is especially strong in the morning, when the person gets out of bed after a long rest. During the day she gradually decreases, but may occur after a period of a short-term rest at the implementation of the first steps.

Other causes of pain in the heel:

- Pain in the heel are a consequence of the destruction and inflammation or Achilles tendons and his bags - and then the pain will be over heel on the back of the legs, or a consequence of the defeat of plantar tendons of muscles - in this case, the pain occur in calcaneal region on the part of the foot (under the heel).

- Tendon injury (for example, the strain or sprain), overload tendon due to walk in a high-heel shoes, overload tendon during a long walk in the presence expressed flatfoot, as well as bruise the heel bone with a subsequent inflammation of the surrounding tissues (for example, due to a jump from height of the heel). Patients of this group most often complain of burning pain in the heel, defined as the feeling of "nail", which are amplified when you try to step on his foot.

"Some types of infections, especially sex (e.g., gonorrhea, chlamydia, etc.), proceeding hidden, can lead to reactive inflammation of the toes. There are some signs that may indicate (or at least a "hint") on infectious-reactive nature of the defeat of the calcaneal tendon. In this case, pain in the heel often arise not only when walking. In patients with reactive arthritis heel can hurt even alone at night. And sometimes at night they hurt the most.
In addition, to inflammation of the toes when the reactive arthritis often join inflammation of several joints, and eyes, as well as unpleasant sensations in the sex organs. However, all this - and the nocturnal pain, and inflammation of the eyes, joints, and discomfort in the genital region - may be a sign of other inflammatory diseases.

- Inflammation of the calcaneal region, and as a consequence, the pain in the heel, it is often the consequence of a number of chronic inflammatory diseases of the joints: the Bechterew's disease, psoriatic arthritis, or gout is a disease associated with the violation of metabolism that occurs most often in people who are prone to the use of alcohol or excessive likes meat.
In some cases, inflammation of the calcaneal tendon is the first manifestation of the above diseases, but more often there is already in their middle - after previous inflammation of the joints or the spine.

During the examination of the patients with inflammatory diseases can almost always be found in the blood tests (from Vienna) specific markers of inflammation" in the Bechterew's disease or psoriatic arthritis, and a clear improvement in the level of uric acid in gout.

Which doctor should I contact if there is a pain in the heel

• Traumatologist
• Rheumatologist

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