Trigeminal Neuralgia - Basic Facts

Tendonitis Achilles: Symptoms and Causes

Tendonitis Achilles or Achilles Tendonitis is referred to as an inflammation of Achilles tendon. Such injury is found to be common in the younger people who are more into sports or athletics. However, it is also common for the people who are involved in sports. The treatment includes non-steroidal, rest and anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and the physical therapy.

Achilles tendonitis is common among the professional athletes and the weekend athletes. However, it is even common among people not involved in the sports. It’s a ‘common overuse injury’, the treatment of which necessitate good amount of rest, physical therapy, non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and avoiding all activities which can worsen the condition.

The common symptoms of Tendonitis Achilles include:

1. Difficulty in walking- severe pain which makes walking impossible.
2. Tenderness, swelling and warmth of Achilles tendon
3. Severe pain in the back of your heel.

Explaining tendons:

Tendon is described to a group of connective tissue which attaches muscle to the bone. Achilles tendon is considered the biggest tendon present in the body. It anchors the calf muscles to heel bone or ‘calcaneus’ and is considered significant because it permits you to lift your heel when you begin to walk. It also assists you to run, walk, and stand on the tiptoe.

The common causes of the Tendonitis Achilles include:

1. Footwear: Wearing the shoes with the minimal support while running or walking can improve the risk as can wearing the high heels.

2. Arthritis: The Achilles Tendonitis may be a part of the generalized inflammatory arthritis, like psoriatic arthritis or ankylosing spondylitis. In such conditions, both the tendons may be affected.

3. Obesity and overweight: Being overweight can place much more strain on several body parts.

4. Overuse injury: The overuse injury occurs when Achilles tendon is found to be stressed until it develops the small tears. The runners appear to be most vulnerable. People those who play sports which involve jumping, like basketball.

5. Foot problems: Some people with hyper-pronated or flat feet are prone to the Tendonitis Achilles. The flattened arch pulls on the calf muscles to keep the Achilles tendon under the tight strain. The steady mechanical stress on heel and the tendon can cause pain, inflammation and swelling of tendon. Being overweight may make problems worse.

6. Quinolone Antibiotics- This can in certain instances be linked with the inflammatory tenosynovitis and, if present, will be often bilateral (both Achilles) coming on soon after the exposure to drug.

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Knowing about Trigeminal Neuralgia

Trigeminal Neuralgia is a disease which is characterized by the acute pain in the face. The main reason behind the pain is that the veins of the face swell up. In most of the cases the pain is transferred to the whole face including the forehead and cheeks and eyes and lips and mouth. This is an abnormality which has to be controlled from getting into the brain. A person will be in a bad condition if this reaches the brain. Both surgery and medication are the ways to cure the disease. The most important thing in the Trigeminal Neuralgia is a correct diagnosis because most of the doctors think Trigeminal Neuralgia to be either toothache or migraine and the medication for these are obviously very different. Hence it is very important to go to a very good doctor who has knowledge about Trigeminal Neuralgia. 

The disease of Trigeminal Neuralgia is very common in women and less known in men. The problem of Trigeminal Neuralgia is due to nervous disorder but has nothing to do with heredity. It has been seen that out of every fifteen thousand individuals one suffers from Trigeminal Neuralgia. People should not neglect this and must visit a proper doctor for the best diagnosis. If the disease can be diagnosed at the early stage and the problem can be solved through medication the patients need not go for the surgeries also.

Anticonvulsants and antidepressants are the medicines prescribed by the doctors to cure Trigeminal Neuralgia along with other pain killers. The process of treatment of Trigeminal Neuralgia is long and hence the course of the medicine has to be completed in order to get good results for the disease. Most of the patients get cured by the proper medication and correct diagnosis. But there are some very acute cases where the patient needs to go for the surgeries which come for the later stage of the treatment process.

There are many alternative medicines available as far as the treatment process of Trigeminal Neuralgia is concerned. People have got good results with these too.  There are people who have to visit the doctors for surgeries also. These are the people who have a very acute disorder of Trigeminal Neuralgia. Most of the people get cured by just one sitting but the patients who do not have to undergo several surgeries for curing this Trigeminal Neuralgia. The disorder must not be neglected and a treatment process must be carried out at the earliest.

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