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  2. Bone pain - Wikipedia

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    Stimulation of specialized pain-sensitive nerve fibers (nociceptors) that innervate bone tissue leads to the sensation of bone pain. Bone pain originates from both the periosteum and the bone marrow which relay nociceptive signals to the brain creating the sensation of pain. Bone tissue is innervated by both myelinated (A beta and A delta fiber ...

  3. Orthopedic pathology - Wikipedia

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    Symptoms that patients may experience when bone disorders form can include bone deformities, hip pain, overgrowing of bone in an individual's skull which can result in headaches and a loss of hearing, pain and numbness in arm or legs if the spine is affected and an overall weakness in the body particularly in the hip and knee joints. [5]

  4. List of types of inflammation by location - Wikipedia

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    List of types of inflammation by location. 1 language. ... This is a list of types of inflammation in the body when organised by location. Nervous system. CNS

  5. List of chronic pain syndromes - Wikipedia

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    Explanatory model of chronic pain. Chronic pain is defined as reoccurring or persistent pain lasting more than 3 months. [1] The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) defines pain as "An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with, or resembling that associated with, actual or potential tissue damage". [2]

  6. Osteomyelitis - Wikipedia

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    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] It may occur by spread from the blood or from surrounding tissue. [4]

  7. Inflammation - Wikipedia

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    Prolonged inflammation, known as chronic inflammation, leads to a progressive shift in the type of cells present at the site of inflammation, such as mononuclear cells, and involves simultaneous destruction and healing of the tissue. Inflammation has also been classified as Type 1 and Type 2 based on the type of cytokines and helper T cells ...

  8. Musculoskeletal injury - Wikipedia

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    Inflammation, redness, swollen tissue are all part of the healing process, during this process new cells are generated to form new tissue. [15] [8] Macro-nutrients are essential components for tissue regeneration. [15] Proteins, carbohydrates and fats are crucial for new muscle tissues.

  9. Myelitis - Wikipedia

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    Myelitis is inflammation of the spinal cord which can disrupt the normal responses from the brain to the rest of the body, and from the rest of the body to the brain. . Inflammation in the spinal cord can cause the myelin and axon to be damaged resulting in symptoms such as paralysis and sen