The main symptom of osteomyelitis?

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Osteomyelitis is a purulent infectious disease caused by the invasion of bacteria, which is invisible to the naked eye. It is not the simple bone marrow inflammation that people usually understand, but a series of pathological changes caused by bacterial infection of the whole bone tissue, including periosteum, bone cortex and bone marrow. Therefore, it is not appropriate to call osteomyelitis alone. What are the main symptoms of osteomyelitis? Let's talk about it

The main symptom of osteomyelitis?

Osteomyelitis is an inflammatory disease caused by pyogenic bacteria infecting bone marrow, bone cortex and periosteum. Most of it is caused by blood, trauma or surgical infection. It is mainly caused by the pyogenic bacteria of furuncle, carbuncle or other lesions entering the blood and reaching the bone tissue.

Both ends of the limb bone are most vulnerable to invasion, especially the hip joint. In clinical practice, recurrent attacks are common, which seriously affect physical and mental health and labor ability. Acute osteomyelitis is characterized by high fever and local pain,

When turn to chronic osteomyelitis, there will be ulceration, pus, dead bone or cavity formation. Severe patients often endanger their lives, sometimes have to take emergency measures of amputation, resulting in lifelong disability.

matters needing attention

If X-ray examination shows local destruction of bone and widened shadow of bone marrow cavity, drilling or fenestration of bone cortex can be performed at the site of abscess in bone marrow cavity to prevent the spread of inflammation and facilitate secretion drainage. Or the upper and lower parts of the wound cavity were given antibiotic closed lavage treatment.