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What are some symptoms of osteomyelitis?
Some common symptoms of osteomyelitis include fever and chills, irritability in young children, pain near the infection, and swelling, redness, or warmth over the infection. However sometimes osteomyelitis can show no symptoms or have very common symptoms linked to other common health problems.
What is the medical term for tuberculous osteomyelitis?
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How many word elements in osteomyelitis?
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Does osteomyelitis means bone abscess?
dose osteomyelitis means bone abscess?
Wht is osteomyelitis?
Osteomyelitis is a bone infection caused by bacteria or other germs.
Do bones harbor infection easily?
The most common bone infection is called Osteomyelitis. In Children, Osteomyelitis affects the long bones, while in adults, the spine bones, hips, and feet are mostly affected. Infections of the bone are not that very common, but people that have had their spleen removed are at a greater risk.
Stages of osteomyelitis?
Osteomyelitis is a bone and bone marrow infection. The three stages of the disease are acute, subacute, and chronic stages. The Cierny-Mader Staging System for Long Bone Osteomyelitis has four stages which are the medullary, superficial, localized, and diffuse osteomyelitis.
When a decubitus ulcer has progressed to a stage in which osteomyelitis is present the ulcer has extended to the?
If you look up what osteomyelitis is you will find the answer.
Is osteomyelitis cancer of the bone?
No, osteomyelitis is inflammation (usually due to infection) of bone marrow and surrounding bone.
Is Osteomyelitis is a genetic disorder?
Osteomyelitis is not a genetic disorder. It is an infection of the bone usually caused by bacteria. Factors that may increase the risk of developing osteomyelitis include pre-existing medical conditions, trauma, or surgery.
What is the medical terminology word for inflammation of the bone and bone marrow?
Myelitis is infection or inflammation of the bone marrow. Osteomyelitis is more common - infection or inflammation of the bone and neighboring bone marrow. If these conditions are caused by bacteria, they may be called bacterial myelitis or bacterial osteomyelitis.
How is salmonella food poisoning linked to osteomyelitis?
Other infections which can be caused by Salmonella include:.bone infections (osteomyelitis)
