Talk:Osteomyelitis

why
why is it called osteomyelitis? I thought myelitis means swelling of the spinal cord or something.


 * The question really should be "why does myelitis mean spinal cord inflammation?". The word "myelitis" itself comes from the Greek word for bone marrow, myelos. For anatomists in the bad old days, marrow was more or less "whatever you find in the middle of a bone", and for the spinal column, that meant the spinal cord. So the two different conditions bear similar names because they involve areas in similar anatomical relation to bones rather than because they're really similar. -Nunh-huh 23:55, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

Reference suggestions

 * I've had to do a lot of research into this for a story, and found out a lot of things in the process. As a result, I've been using what spare time I have to write a new version of the page merging my research with what we've already got. Since I want to use multiple references, I was wondering if there'd be any objections to my trying out the new cite.php system on the page. If there's too much protest, I'm happy to try out the Footnote3 option instead. Or anything else you want. Please let me know what you wanna see, okay? :-)
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/.kl;kl;l; Often osteomyelitis affects the spinal cord in adults -Melissa —Preceding unsigned comment added by Guthriemelissa (talk • contribs) 20:20, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

According to Stedman's medical dictionary 26th edition it is:"Inflammmation of the bone marrow and adjacent bone."

Accroding to Cecile Textbook of Medicine 23rd international edition it is: "an inflamatory process that affects any portion of the bone, leads to destruction, and is caused by infectious microorganisms."

According to Robbins Basic Pathology International Ed. "The term osteomyleitis formally designates inflammation of the bone and marrow cavity; as commonly used, however, it almost always implies infection." I am making an edit to the end of the first paragraph to clarify the definition

So I think technically ostemyelitis by definition is inflamation(no brainer) but since it is always caused by infection, it is used in that sense. Meteislam (talk) 22:06, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Technically it is an inflammatory process as a consequence of microbiol assault. It is not just an inflammatory process by definition. Any pathology involves an inflammatory response. That is the premise to pathology. Therefore it is not correct simply to say it is an inflammatory process. It is a process initiated and stimulated by the invasion and activity of a microbiological population. SteveD 21-11-09 6:52 am. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.104.5.188 (talk) 19:53, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

Lyse
Leukocytes then enter the infected area, and in their attempt to engulf the infectious organisms, release enzymes that lyse bone.. What does lyse mean? ... As in lysis? --Abdull 14:31, 24 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Yes, to lyse is to cause lysis. Isn't it in your dictionary? It's in mine. -Nunh-huh 01:50, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Osteomyelitis Staph
Antibiotics, accupuncture, Chinese medicine - I've tried them all and I still have chronic osteomyelitis in R tibia following an RTA in 1988. My surgeon suggested 'free flap surgery' then backtracked because the cost is prohibitive. And now I'm in my 30's I'm getting fat because the condition reduces the amount of impact exercise I can do. Too much and my leg swells up and discharges through a natural sinus. Should I just get the damn leg cut off at the knee? At least that way I'd be rid of the mailaise it causes. Doctors, herbalists... feel free to jump in anytime. Harry, Australia


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Bacterial infections
Useful source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1249524/Could-virus-caused-pain--And-simple-dose-antibiotics-cure-good.html

-- John Broughton (♫♫) 16:27, 15 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Does the Daily Mail ever constitute a useful source on medical subjects? JFW &#124; T@lk  10:14, 26 January 2014 (UTC)

Kids
10.1056/NEJMra1213956 - NEJM, acute osteomyelitis 10.1136/bmj.g66 - BMJ, acute haematogenous osteomyelitis.

JFW &#124; T@lk  10:14, 26 January 2014 (UTC)

Most common cause of osteomyelitis
Reference 2 states that hematogenous spread is most common, yet I have another reference that disputes this. See the osteomyelitis chapter in Harrisons Internal Medicine 18th Edition — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pforys (talk • contribs) 15:51, 10 April 2015 (UTC)

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osteosarcoma
is there any connection between osteomyelitis and osteosarcoma? can osteosarcoma be treated with penicillin? Breakupalbum (talk) 05:44, 31 July 2023 (UTC)