What are the symptoms of osteomyelitis? Active treatment is the key

The incidence of osteomyelitis is extremely high, including traumatic osteomyelitis, acute osteomyelitis, and suppurative osteomyelitis. Their symptoms are different. Some are chills, fever, and increased white blood cell count, while others are sudden onset, chills, high fever, rapid pulse and other systemic poisoning symptoms.

1. Symptoms of traumatic osteomyelitis include: obvious history of trauma, such as open fractures, traumatic osteomyelitis caused by untimely and improper treatment after injury, initial symptoms of acute infection, chills, fever, increased white blood cell count, accelerated erythrocyte sedimentation rate, throbbing pain in the injured area, local redness, swelling, fever, purulent or bloody secretions in the wound, sinus tract formation in the chronic stage, and squamous cell carcinoma sometimes occurs due to long-term inflammatory stimulation.

2. Symptoms of acute osteomyelitis include : sudden onset, chills, high fever, rapid pulse and other systemic poisoning symptoms. Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis is more common in children. There is persistent severe pain in the lesion site and refusal to move. After a few days, there is local swelling and obvious tenderness. This is often the origin of the inflammation. Within 2-3 days of onset, there is only inflammatory congestion in the bone marrow cavity, and no subperiosteal abscess is formed. Local swelling or tenderness is limited to the lesion area. 3-4 days after onset, subperiosteal abscess is formed, the affected limb segment is swollen, and tenderness is obvious. When effusion exists, there will be swelling, red skin, and fever may fluctuate, forming chronic osteomyelitis.

Symptoms of suppurative osteomyelitis include: It has always been an orthopedic disease that threatens the health of young and middle-aged people. Often because people are not familiar with the early symptoms of suppurative osteomyelitis

It is the lack of understanding that leads to missing the best time for treatment, causing some unnecessary complications, and sometimes even leaving sequelae such as joint dysfunction. We remind everyone that suppurative osteomyelitis must be treated early.