by Mark E. Sowell, DPM | Oct 27, 2011 | Carthage, ETFA Blog, Gout, Nacogdoches, Podiatry
Gouty arthritis, or hyperuricemia is a common type of arthritis that occurs when uric acid builds up in blood and causes joint inflammation. In my practice, the most common descriptors patients present with are a painful, hot, swollen and red joint in the foot. The...
by Mark E. Sowell, DPM | Oct 25, 2011 | Carthage, Core Values, Diabetes, ETFA Blog, Nacogdoches, Podiatry
Diabetic neuropathy is a peripheral nerve disorder caused by diabetes or poor blood sugar control. The most common types of diabetic neuropathy result in problems with sensation in the feet. It can develop slowly after many years of diabetes or may occur early in the...
by Mark E. Sowell, DPM | Oct 22, 2011 | Carthage, ETFA Blog, Nacogdoches, Podiatry, Woundcare
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) is one of the most common inherited neurological disorders, affecting approximately 1 in 2,500 people in the United States. The disease is named for the three physicians who first identified it in 1886 – Jean-Martin Charcot and...
by Mark E. Sowell, DPM | Oct 20, 2011 | Carthage, ETFA Blog, Infection, Nacogdoches, Podiatry, Skin
Probably one of the most missed diagnosis of the foot I see is Chronic Dermatophytosis, aka Athlete’s Foot. We all seem to recognize the acute form many get in high school where the feet itch excessively and the skin between the toes is wet and has turned white, aka...
by Mark E. Sowell, DPM | Oct 18, 2011 | Carthage, ETFA Blog, Nacogdoches, Podiatry, Sports Medicine
Haglund’s deformity is a bony enlargement on the back of the heel. The soft tissue near the Achilles tendon becomes irritated when the bony enlargement rubs against shoes. This often leads to painful bursitis, which is an inflammation of the bursa (a fluid-filled sac...
by Mark E. Sowell, DPM | Oct 18, 2011 | Carthage, ETFA Blog, Nacogdoches, Podiatry
As a podiatrist I see many foot wounds. Many of them due to an accident or an injury but most often due to a lack of pain. It is hard to think of pain as a gift but in the case of the neuropathic foot it is. When walking our brain receives thousands of messages...
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