What does it mean to have psoriasis? What kinds of things should people with psoriasis look out for? That’s the question we’re asking and answering this week at Foot & Ankle Associates of Cleveland, in honor of National Psoriasis Awareness month. Psoriasis is a chronic disease that manifests itself in the form of raised, red,…
“Lesion” is one of those words that doctors toss around as though everyone understands it. We may say something like “Let’s take a look at this lesion here under your foot.” And you may have only a vague notion of what that means. Is it a cut? A scrape? A red mark? What exactly is…
Most of us are aware that the human body contains many different acids – for example, fatty acids, amino acids, and those unpopular stomach acids that cause heartburn and reflux. There’s another acid in our bodies that doesn’t roll off our tongue as easily. We don’t talk much about uric acid. Problems with the levels…
If one of your toes is oddly bent downward and it’s been stuck that way for a while, chances are you have hammertoe. All of your other toes might be straight, but the affected one juts up in the middle like a camel’s hump. Some say your toe looks like a hammer, which is where…
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