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Osteomyelitis. Osteomyelitis ( OM) is an infection of bone. [1] Symptoms may include pain in a specific bone with overlying redness, fever, and weakness. [1] The long bones of the arms and legs are most commonly involved in children e.g. the femur and humerus, [7] while the feet, spine, and hips are most commonly involved in adults.
Infectious disease , orthopedics. 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]
Specialty. Rheumatology. Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis ( CRMO) is a rare condition (1:1,000,000), in which the bones have lesions, inflammation, and pain. It is called multifocal because it can appear in different parts of the body, primarily bones, and osteomyelitis because it is very similar to that disease, although CRMO appears ...
Garre's sclerosing osteomyelitis is a type of chronic osteomyelitis also called periostitis ossificans and Garré's sclerosing osteomyelitis . It is a rare disease. [1] It mainly affects children and young adults. [2] It is associated with a low grade infection, which may be due to dental caries (cavities in the teeth). [citation needed]
SAPHO syndrome includes a variety of inflammatory bone disorders that may be associated with skin changes. These diseases share some clinical, radiologic, and pathologic characteristics. An entity initially known as chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis was first described in 1972. [1] Subsequently, in 1978, [2] several cases of were ...
Rickets, scientific nomenclature: rachitis (gre. ῥαχίτης, [6] meaning 'in or of the spine'), is a condition that results in weak or soft bones in children, and is caused by either dietary deficiency or genetic causes. [2] Symptoms include bowed legs, stunted growth, bone pain, large forehead, and trouble sleeping.
Myelitis. 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 sensory loss.
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Juvenile idiopathic arthritis ( JIA ), formerly known as juvenile rheumatoid arthritis ( JRA ), [1] is the most common chronic rheumatic disease of childhood, affecting approximately 3.8 to 400 out of 100,000 children. [3] Juvenile, in this context, refers to disease onset before 16 years of age, while idiopathic ...