Dismiss this notification
PatientsLikeMe would like to remind you that your browser is out of date and many features of the website may not function as expected.
Please update your browser
for more security and a better experience.
Haglund’s deformity is a bony enlargement on the back of the heel. When the bony enlargement rubs against shoes the soft tissue near the Achilles tendon becomes irritated and often leads to a painful bursitis, an inflammation of one or more bursae (small sacs) of synovial fluid in the body.
How do members experience Haglund's deformity?
Top 5 symptoms reported by people with Haglund's deformity*
*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
Top treatments taken by people for Haglund's deformity*
Lithium carbonate wasn't helping ALS patients, and we learned it faster than the clinical trials did. Read about it in
Nature.
Insomnia is more common—in fact worse—for people with chronic conditions. Read about it on the
blog.
Interacting with other PatientsLikeMe members improves your health. Read it on
healthaffairs.org.
The severity of Parkinson's Disease symptoms changes faster than researchers thought, so clinical trials should be designed differently. Read about it on
JMIR.
Haglund’s deformity is a bony enlargement on the back of the heel. When the bony enlargement rubs against shoes the soft tissue near the Achilles tendon becomes irritated and often leads to a painful bursitis, an inflammation of one or more bursae (small sacs) of synovial fluid in the body.
Common symptoms reported by people with Haglund's deformity
Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
Last updated:
Treatments taken by people for Haglund's deformity
Let’s build this page together! When you share what it’s like to have Haglund's deformity through your profile, those stories and data appear here too.
Got a question about living with Haglund's deformity? Members in the forum might have the answers.
Compare treatments taken by people with Haglund's deformity
Let’s build this page together! When you share what it’s like to have Haglund's deformity through your profile, those stories and data appear here too.
Got a question about living with Haglund's deformity? Members in the forum might have the answers.
Who has Haglund's deformity on PatientsLikeMe?
0
new patients joined this month
7
say Haglund's deformity is their primary condition