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
  • Some can lead to necrotizing fasciitis, which kills off flesh around an open wound.
    — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Size Plantar fasciitis night splints come in a variety of sizes.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • Why do cases of necrotizing fasciitis seem more prevalent this summer?
    — Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, 24 July 2019
  • Plantar fasciitis is a type of foot pain that is caused when the tissue connecting your heel and toes becomes inflamed.
    — Emma Seymour, Good Housekeeping, 19 July 2022
  • Plantar fasciitis is caused by inflammation of the tissues between your toes and your heels.
    — Outdoor Life, 25 Jan. 2021
  • Some people can get necrotizing fasciitis after an injury that does not break the skin (blunt trauma).
    — Susan Scutti, CNN, 27 Aug. 2019
  • This time, she was diagnosed with the flesh-eating necrotizing fasciitis.
    — cleveland, 30 Sep. 2019
  • Necrotizing fasciitis eats away at the skin, muscles, nerves, fat and blood vessels around an infected wound.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN, 22 Oct. 2022
  • One vaccine won’t work against all the bacterial strains that can cause necrotizing fasciitis.
    — National Geographic, 3 Oct. 2017
  • Necrotizing fasciitis spreads quickly and can turn into ulcers, blisters or black spots.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 14 Dec. 2022
  • 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
  • Necrotizing fasciitis is a flesh-eating bacteria that kills soft tissue and can progress very quickly.
    — Rachel Riederer, Smithsonian, 26 Oct. 2017
  • Plantar fasciitis is one of the most common triggers for heel pain, especially among runners.
    — Susan Brickell, Health, 15 June 2023
  • Early symptoms of necrotizing fasciitis include swelling, severe pain and fever.
    — Elinor Aspegren, USA TODAY, 26 Apr. 2019
  • Necrotizing fasciitis is sometimes called flesh-eating disease.
    — Carma Hassan, CNN, 16 Dec. 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • Some severe cases can cause necrotizing fasciitis, which is when the flesh around an open wound dies, the CDC cautions.
    — Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • 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
  • There are more than 200 species of Vibrio, but only a few cause severe illness or necrotizing fasciitis.
    — Eva Flowe may 1, Charlotte Observer, 1 May 2026
  • 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
  • Practicing good hygiene can help lower your risk of contracting necrotizing fasciitis, Alan adds.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 30 Aug. 2018
  • Necrotizing fasciitis is the cause of Reed's death recorded by the medical examiner.
    — Susan Scutti, CNN, 28 Sep. 2017
  • 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
  • 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

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