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  2. Osteomyelitis - Wikipedia

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    Osteomyelitis (OM) is an infection of bone. [1] Symptoms may include pain in a specific bone with overlying redness, fever, and weakness. [1] The feet, spine, and hips are the most commonly involved bones in adults. [2] The cause is usually a bacterial infection, [1] [7] [2] but rarely can be a fungal infection. [8]

  3. Bone pain - Wikipedia

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    A number of diseases can cause bone pain, including the following: Endocrine, such as hyperparathyroidism, osteoporosis, kidney failure. [7]Gastrointestinal or systemic, such as celiac disease and non-celiac gluten sensitivity (both often occur without obvious digestive symptoms), inflammatory bowel disease (including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis).

  4. Vertebral osteomyelitis - Wikipedia

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    Vertebral osteomyelitis is a type of osteomyelitis (infection and inflammation of the bone and bone marrow) that affects the vertebrae. It is a rare bone infection concentrated in the vertebral column. [2] Cases of vertebral osteomyelitis are so rare that they constitute only 2%-4% of all bone infections. [3]

  5. Osteomyelitis of the jaws - Wikipedia

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    Osteomyelitis of the jaws is osteomyelitis (which is infection and inflammation of the bone marrow, sometimes abbreviated to OM) which occurs in the bones of the jaws (i.e. maxilla or the mandible). Historically, osteomyelitis of the jaws was a common complication of odontogenic infection (infections of the teeth). Before the antibiotic era, it ...

  6. Brodie abscess - Wikipedia

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    A Brodie abscess is a subacute osteomyelitis, appearing as an accumulation of pus in bone, frequently with an insidious onset. [1] Brodie's abscess is characterized by pain and swelling without fever, often resulting from diabetic wounds, fracture-related bone infection, or haematogenous osteomyelitis.

  7. 'Why Was I Constantly Bloated? Doctors Discovered The ... - AOL

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    Typically, if the condition is in your body long enough, it can spread to your bones, which often causes bone pain or bone fractures. (I never broke a bone in my life). (I never broke a bone in my ...

  8. Septic arthritis - Wikipedia

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    The differential diagnosis of septic arthritis is broad and challenging. First, it has to be differentiated from acute hematogenous osteomyelitis. This is because the treatment lines of both conditions are not identical. Noteworthy, septic arthritis and acute hematogenous osteomyelitis can co-occur.

  9. What are the symptoms and causes of bone cancer? - AOL

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    Bone cancer can affect any bone, but most cases develop in the long bones of the legs and upper arms. ... The main symptoms include persistent bone pain that gets worse, swelling and redness over ...