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Foot and ankle injuries
Sever's disease

Sever's disease

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Sever's disease = inflammation of heel growth plate which causes heel pain in children.

Dr. Heidi Fowler reviewed this

27 year experience in Psychiatry

Is a type of:

Foot and ankle injuries

How long it usually lasts:

Chronic (lasts years to lifelong)

How common it is:

Common

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