Infection In A Bone: Osteomylisis

Is an infection that is life threatening and spreads to the lungs, abdomen, and urinary tract. This infection is linked to osteomyelitis, central nervous system, heart and other tissues. Symptoms include: chills, fever, rapid heartbeat, and progresses to shock, red spots on skin, and confusion.

Osteomyelitis, the infection of bone, would cause swelling in the foot, limiting the movement in her foot. It also

The patient is a 72 year old female. She has been experiencing progressively worse pain and stiffness in her joints. She is reports that she is having decreased range of motion, redness, and swelling in her joints. She is reports symptoms occur in the same joints on both sides of her body. She is also reporting the symptoms are worse when she first wakes up in the morning.

Osgood-Schlatter, or osteochondrosis, is a disease that occurs on the upper part of the shinbone, just below the knee. There is a painful bump called the anterior tibial tubercle that swells in this area. Fortunately, this disease does not endanger one’s life. Osgood-Schlatter affects adolescents whose legs are still in the process of growing during puberty.

I like most people have to overcome challenges in my life, my challenge is my bone condition, Osteogensis Imperfecta (OI). I didn't develop OI overnight, this bone condition is a mutation in the making for type one collagen that I inherited. I have inherited this genetic condition from my dad. His inheritance is unknown. Osteogensis Imperfecta causes my bones to be more fragile and break, and I will be affected by this challenge my whole lifetime. OI causes collagen and other tissues to be a low 'supply' for my body. In this time in history there is no cure.

Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva is a rare and incapacitating condition of skeletal malformations and progressive heterotopic ossification. It was originally called myositis ossificans progressive (MOP) and was discovered by a French physician, Guy Patin, who came across a patient who had FOP. He described the patient to have “swellings” in his back (History of FOP, 2009). They changed it from MOP to FOP because other fibrous tissues in addition to muscle are replaced by bone. FOP causes excessive bone growth and begins in the early stages of life.

Osteomyelitis is a bone infection that is mostly caused by bacteria. The bacteria’s name is staphylococcus . Depending on how bad the bone is infected, plus the age of the person, different bacterias can cause you to have osteomyelitis. Having osteomyelitis as a child or teen, typically affects the long bones in the arms and legs.

In most cases, a bacteria called Staphylococcus Aureus, a type of staph bacteria, causes osteomyelitis (Johnson, 2012). There are two categories to osteomyelitis one being acute, meaning it presents itself quickly within 7 to 10 days and the other chronic, meaning it is normally present for a few weeks to months. Each form of the infection has specific symptoms and treatment plans. Symptoms of an acute infection include: fever, irritability, fatigue, nausea, tenderness and swelling around the affected bone, and lost range of motion (Johnson, 2012). Chronic infection symptoms are: fevers around 102 degrees, pungent discharge, and pain around affected bone. Depending on what type of infection a person has will determine the action needed to treat it.

Osteitis Pubis is an inflammation of the pubic symphysis and surrounding muscle insertions. First described in patients who underwent suprapubic surgery it remains a well-known complication of invasive procedures about the pelvis. It also may occur in an process of in an athletes. Athletes who have oscitis pubic usually experience groin pains and often find it hard to stand or weak, or even to run. It is a painful over so injury of pubic feelings the typically bone that is found is in athletes whose sports involve kicking, rapid accelerations. There are many symtoms that

On the less severe side you may just be advised to go to physical therapy and given a list of stretches or “gentle motions”. On the more severe side the doctor will prescribe you a diphosphonate, an anti-inflammatory drug that is nonsteroidal, or you may be ordered to endure local radiation therapy sessions. Surgery is often needed to preserve the integrity of the joint or area and it’s ability to move. A downside to the surgery though is the likeliness of heterotopic ossification to redevelop. This only happens when the surgical resection is done before the lesion has had adequate time to mature. To help prevent the instance of this happening serial quantitative bone scans are conducted and used to determine the time that surgery is most

Bones can become infected with Osteomyelitis through the blood stream by an open fracture or surgical wound. “Only two out of every 10,000 people acquire Osteomyelitis in a lifetime. The condition affects children and adults but in different ways. Certain conditions and behaviors can weaken the immune system increasing an individual’s risk of obtaining Osteomyelitis such a diabetes mellitus, alcoholism, hemodialysis, rheumatoid arthritis, HIV/AIDS, sickle cell anemia, or a lack of blood supply (www.wedmd.com). In children, Osteomyelitis is usually acute and very easy to treat showing signs in the bones of the arms and legs. In adults, Osteomyelitis can also be acute or chronic and can persist due to a reoccurring medical

Osteonecrosis, osteo meaning bone and necrosis meaning death, is bone losing vitality and function. This condition occurs when bone is no longer supplied with blood. Osteonecrosis of the jaw, ONJ, exposes the jaw bone because it is no longer attached to the gingiva and has remained in this state for over eight weeks. In the initial stages of ONJ, there are no noticeable symptoms or indications but as the disease progresses, pain within the joints is common. As ONJ further develops the signs and symptoms include local pain, soft tissue swelling or inflammation, previously secured teeth are now unstable, and exposure of bone. Sudden changes in the wellness of mucosal tissues, mucosa unable to heal itself, or infection of soft tissues is also

Introduction- Giant cell tumor or Osteoclastoma is a locally aggressive benign tumor accounting for 3%-5% of all the primary bone tumors. This tumor uslually affects distal femur, proximal tibia or distal radius. Case- A 32 year old female presented to the OPD with gradually increasing swelling at distal end of ulna. After through clinico-radiological examination, a diagnosis of Enneking grade 3 giant cell tumor of distal end ulna was made which was treated with En block Excision. Conclusion- Giant cell tumor of distal end ulna is a rare entity which can be successfully treated with En block excision without the need for reconstruction. This tumor has a good prognosis with no recurrence and complete functional recovery can be achieved when

A 53-year-old man had just had prosthetic joints cemented into place without added antibiotics to fight infection. For 3 months after the surgery he was doing fine until he found he had a dental infection and didn’t seem to think anything of it, so he did not go to the dentist to fix it. Soon aftter he suffered from chills without fever, swelling, pain, an unusual warming sensation, and irritation over the left knee and had a hard time

Osteosarcoma is a frequent primary malignant cancerous tumor of the skeleton characterized by the direct formation of immature bone or how it arises in the osteoid tissue in the bone (Picci). This type of bone cancer develops in the osteoblasts cells in normal bone. It begins in the bones but it can sometimes spread to other areas of the body including organs, such as lungs, and bones. Osteosarcoma unfolds in areas where the bone is growing fast because of the uncontrolled growth of the cells in the bone. “In fact Scientist have not discovered the causes of most cases of osteosarcoma” (Ryan). This is a