How to Use fasciitis in a Sentence

fasciitis

noun
  • Plantar fasciitis can be tricky and can take a long time to resolve.
    New York Times, 5 June 2021
  • Grantham is coming off planter fasciitis that had her in a cast until just a few days ago.
    Michael Casagrande, AL.com, 7 Apr. 2018
  • Plantar fasciitis is one of the most common injuries and the leading cause of heel pain for runners.
    Jordan Duncan, Outside Online, 12 May 2021
  • Forsythe has had surgeries to remove a sesamoid in both feet and suffered from plantar fasciitis in his right foot.
    J.p. Hoornstra, Orange County Register, 18 Apr. 2017
  • Also, starter John Lackey, 38, has been coping with plantar fasciitis in his right foot for at least his past couple starts.
    Mark Gonzales, courant.com, 13 July 2017
  • Necrotizing fasciitis, or flesh-eating bacteria, can infect a new tattoo, which can lead to the loss of a limb.
    New York Times, 15 May 2020
  • Plantar fasciitis is caused by inflammation of the tissues between your toes and your heels.
    Outdoor Life, 25 Jan. 2021
  • Plantar fasciitis, also known as Runner’s Heel, is one of the most common injuries among athletes, characterized by a sharp pain in the heel and arch of the foot.
    Kelly O'Mara, Outside Online, 25 Mar. 2014
  • Bennett, Mohr and Kopari for their lifesaving care of Mark Nagel in his battle with necrotizing fasciitis.
    Sainted & Tainted Writers, Twin Cities, 17 June 2017
  • Some people can get necrotizing fasciitis after an injury that does not break the skin (blunt trauma).
    Susan Scutti, CNN, 27 Aug. 2019
  • This story is freaky, but know this: Necrotizing fasciitis is a rare infection.
    Korin Miller, SELF, 19 June 2017
  • This time, she was diagnosed with the flesh-eating necrotizing fasciitis.
    cleveland, 30 Sep. 2019
  • The wrong shoe can lead to a blister, a painful bout of plantar fasciitis or lost toenail that can turn any run from uncomfortable to downright unbearable.
    Lori Nickel, chicagotribune.com, 1 May 2017
  • One vaccine won’t work against all the bacterial strains that can cause necrotizing fasciitis.
    National Geographic, 3 Oct. 2017
  • Necrotizing fasciitis is a flesh-eating bacteria that kills soft tissue and can progress very quickly.
    Rachel Riederer, Smithsonian, 26 Oct. 2017
  • Why do cases of necrotizing fasciitis seem more prevalent this summer?
    Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, 24 July 2019
  • Plantar fasciitis is one of the most uncomfortable ailments you — and your feet — can experience.
    Tim Kohut, BGR, 1 July 2021
  • She was told she had been infected by the flesh-eating bacteria, Necrotizing fasciitis.
    Adriana Gomez Licon, sun-sentinel.com, 1 July 2019
  • A Streptococcus (group A strep) causes about 1,000 cases of necrotizing fasciitis in the United States per year, but other bacteria can lead to it as well.
    Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 16 Aug. 2017
  • Necrotizing fasciitis is the cause of Reed's death recorded by the medical examiner.
    Susan Scutti, CNN, 28 Sep. 2017
  • Her warning comes days after two cases in Florida of a more severe type, necrotizing fasciitis, led to the death of a 77-year-old woman and required emergency surgery for a 12-year-old girl.
    Char Adams, PEOPLE.com, 3 July 2019
  • Early symptoms of necrotizing fasciitis include swelling, severe pain and fever.
    Elinor Aspegren, USA TODAY, 26 Apr. 2019
  • Today, Hebard is warning other families to watch for the symptoms of necrotizing fasciitis, such as chills, fever, fatigue and vomiting.
    Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 25 Jan. 2018
  • Redding has been dealing with plantar fasciitis, however, since returning from the U-20 World Cup earlier this month.
    Alicia Delgallo, OrlandoSentinel.com, 30 June 2017
  • Symptoms, treatment & prevention Early symptoms of necrotizing fasciitis include a red or swollen area of skin that spreads quickly, severe pain and fever.
    Susan Scutti, CNN, 27 Aug. 2019
  • Necrotizing fasciitis is caused by bacteria that stops blood circulation, prompting tissue to die and skin to decay.
    Justine Griffin, sun-sentinel.com, 26 July 2019
  • Necrotizing fasciitis is a bacterial infection that spreads quickly in the body and can lead to sepsis, shock and organ failure, according to the Centers for Disease Control.
    Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE.com, 18 July 2019
  • Practicing good hygiene can help lower your risk of contracting necrotizing fasciitis, Alan adds.
    Korin Miller, SELF, 30 Aug. 2018
  • Necrotizing fasciitis is a bacterial skin infection which kills soft tissue — and quickly, often leading to death, according to the CDC.
    Caitlin Keating, PEOPLE.com, 10 July 2018
  • In 2013, a group A strep infection somehow got into her bloodstream, which morphed into necrotizing fasciitis, a flesh-eating bacteria.
    Abby Ellin, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2019

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