Violent pain to the point of waking up at night, which “throws” in fits… Impossible to move your arm so much it hurts, even when you are motionless. These signs are characteristic of tendon calcification, due to a deposit of calcium on the surface of the tendons. But that has nothing to do with a diet that is too rich in calcium. The disease mainly affects women between the ages of 30 and 50. It may even occur multiple times. If it manifests itself most often at the level of the shoulder, it can also be generalized. This is called multiple calcification disease. It’s painful, but not serious.
Treatments based on analgesics and anti-inflammatories
After confirming the diagnosis of tendon calcification with an X-ray, the doctor tries to relieve the pain: immobilization, icing, oral analgesics, infiltration are part of the usual treatments. If that’s not enough, we can use shock waves, just like we would for a kidney stone. Puncture-trituration of the tendon, which consists of puncturing the calcification with a needle under radiological control, is practiced less and less. There is indeed a risk of infection or tendon injury. As a last resort, if the pain persists for more than six months, it is best to surgically remove the calcium buildup. But most of the time, the deposit is evacuated spontaneously during an extremely painful crisis which corresponds to the rupture of the calcium cluster.
-1610705332.jpg "The patient had lost his limbs in an electrocution: a double arm and shoulder transplant performed in Lyon")
