Could an 18 year old get a Osgood-Schlatter Disease?
I am 18 years old and i have played basketball soccer and ran track for years but recently i have received a pain right below my knee especially when I press on it or when i ran it hurts i researched it and i found this disease I have never hand any pains in my knees so is it possible to have that at age of 18 and is there any other similar diagnostic for it?
Osgood Schlatter Disease help?
Hi... It is not super common, but it occurs most often in young men who are growing quickly. I had it when I was like 14 or so....it HURTS like arthritis, huh? In case you don't know what it is....it is kind of a seperation of the bone on the anterior tibia, kind of like if you put all your fingers together like praying hands, then pulled one side away a half inch. It is technically not a broken bone, but it is more like a huge chip in the bone...and hurts like that too. The good things to do for it are: Ice, comfortable rest/elevation, ibuprofen for the inflammation (get with your parents or doctor on that plan). You might also benefit from a knee brace, maybe that one with the knee cap hole. The things that are NOT good for OS are: hitting it, kneeling on it, running a lot, jumping, doing anything to irritate it or make it hurt. A sports medicine doctor would recommend you take 2 or 3 months off of PE, not play any strenuous knee sports like basketball, football, tennis, etc. Rest, ice, elevate, and ibuprofen for flare ups. Basically, even though it's not a broken bone, you have to treat it like one so that the bone can fuse again.....if you ignore it and tough it out, then it will continue to hurt and might contribute to weaker knees as an adult. See if your parents can hook you up with a visit to a Sports Medicine specialist.....Good Luck :)
Is the DonJoy Reaction Knee brace for osgood schlatters disease?
hello!. My 15 year old daughter has been dealing with osgood shlatters disease for over a year now and its getting to the point where the knee band she has been wearing just is not supporting her enough. She is involved in competitive swimming, she is a cheerleader, a dancer, and is on the tennis team at her high school and come home from practices with super swollen and hurting knees. Will this brace give her more comfort and support? Can she wear it while swimming? will it push to hard and be to painful on the knot forming below her knee cap? Thanks for all your help!
What does appendicitis feel like?
It differs for a lot of people. Some people will get severe pain on the right lower abdomen, where the appendix is located, others will get pain on the left side (referred pain). Just to show how different signs can be for people: For myself, where appendicitis was misdiagnosed, and it ended up in a life-threatening ruptured appendicular abscess, I experienced (initially) mild to moderate pain on the right side, as well as severe shoulder and knee pain (also referred pain). The knee pain was so severe I was investigated for a condition called Osgood–Schlatter disease. No one bothered to check my appendix until it ruptured and almost killed me. So, in summary, symptoms vary a lot. However, abdominal pain will always be present to some degree, as will a fever (as with any infection). The person MAY be nauseated, vomiting, have diarrhea or constipation, lack of appetite, as well as pain in unusual areas. There is no real way to find out for sure if it is appendicitis unless examined by a medical professional. There are a few tests doctors can do that will help confirm a diagnosis. One of these is a rebound tenderness test, and blood tests will also show abnormal changes that indicate an infection. If you think you may have appendicitis, best you go get seen immediately, as it can quickly develop into something much worse.
I am so confused about everything about the military?
If you want to be a nurse, go to school and become one, THEN join the AF. At that time you will become a direct commission officer, and go through a 4-week program to train you how to be an AF Officer. It's not much like basic at all. And in fact, millions of people made it through basic and you will too if you go that route. Just keep working on your strength and physical fitness, and have your friends help you learn to look forward at attention and ignore them yelling at you. Show no emotion and they go away. It's the ones who start crying that get a lot of attention...it sounds like it would actually be a good excperience for you, let you learn new things and achieve some new goals. DO NOT BE AFRAID. At its very worst it will be unpleasant but like I said, MILLIONS made it through. It's not as tough as Marine Boot and most everybody who tries makes it through that. You can too. As for the knee feeling is not an issue, but there are flexion standards that you must meet or obtain a waiver. see http://usmilitary.about.com/od/joiningth... Current loose or foreign body within the knee joint (717.6) is disqualifying. History of uncorrected anterior (717.83) or posterior (717.84) cruciate ligament injury is disqualifying. History of surgical correction of knee ligaments is disqualifying only if symptomatic or unstable (P81.4). (3) Current symptomatic medial and lateral collateral ligament injury is disqualifying. Current symptomatic medial and lateral meniscal injury is disqualifying. Current unspecified internal derangement of the knee (717.9) is disqualifying. Current or history of congenital dislocation of the hip (754.3), osteochondritis of the hip (Legg-Perthes disease) (732.1), or slipped femoral epiphysis of the hip (732.2) is disqualifying. Current or history of hip dislocation (835) within 2 years preceding examination is disqualifying. Current osteochondritis of the tibialtuberosity (Osgood-Schlatter disease) (732.4) , is disqualifying if symptomatic.