Random Fact #58

A ruptured Achilles tendon can sometimes be painless and only present with marked planter flexion weakness.  One Dr. told a story of a patient coming in complaining of a sprained ankle when in fact he had a torn Achilles.

Doesn't look painless to me!

Random fact #57

Thomas Edison's assistant died of x-ray burns caused while Edison experimented with over 1800 fluorescent materials for use in x-ray imaging.

Random Fact #56

A headache is determined as a migraine only if the pain:

-Is unilateral focusing in the frontal/temporal area of the head.

-Has a throbbing characteristic with each pulse.

-Gets worse with exercise or exposure to light and or sound.