Osteomyelitis is an infection of a bone. Symptoms include pain and tenderness over the affected area of bone, and feeling unwell. It is a serious infection which needs prompt treatment with antibiotics. Surgery is usually needed if the infection becomes severe or persistent.
I had it as a child. It bloody well hurt.
2006-07-24 03:43:54 · 3 answers · asked by Stammerman! 5 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
Shut up, bigmac! Heh-heh!
2006-07-24 03:47:49 · update #1
K.. well.. we DO know what osteomyelitis is.. and so, apparently, do you...
k.. now considering you just want to know of people who have had it... pl give me the 10 points...
No, I havent had it (thank God!) but a friend of mine recently did -- TB osteomyelitis of the hand -- started as what he thought was a simple cut... got infected.. and now its full blown TB Osteomyelitis. Luckily, he FINALLY got it diagnosed and at least now is getting properly treated! Well... better late than never I guess!
2006-07-24 04:13:49 · answer #1 · answered by Jest21 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Please see the webpages for more details on Osteomyelitis.
Osteomyelitis- Inflammation commencing in the the bone and the bone marrow cavity. It most commonly affects the femur (hip bone) and the tibia (shin bone). It is predominantly a disease of childhood. The acute disease is attended by high fever, severe pain, increased white blood cell count, swelling of the limb, and sometimes delirium. The infecting germ is usually staphylococcus aureus, which is particularly susceptible to penicillin. Early penicillin treatment usually makes unnecessary the surgery and long invalidism formerly associated with osteomylitis.
2006-07-25 02:04:36 · answer #2 · answered by gangadharan nair 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
bigmac rocks
2006-07-24 10:45:49 · answer #3 · answered by bigmac 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋