A bacterial or fungal infection of the bone leading ultimately to bone destruction. Infection from the bloodstream or the surrounding areas is the most common cause. It can also occur after a bone surgery with rods, metals, and screws following a road accident. Long bones, hip, and spine are mostly affected. Symptoms include pain (bone pain), pus in an open site, fever, localized swelling, and redness. In addition, diabetes, bone surgeries, poor blood supply, hemodialysis, and weak immune system pose a risk of developing osteomyelitis. To get rid of the infection, intravenous antibiotics are given, and dead bone tissues are excavated, and bone grafts are placed for bone regrowth.
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