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The term 'Bone pain' (or Ostealgia, or Osteodynia) generally is used to refer to pain
Pain

Pain, in the sense of physical pain, is a typical sensory experience that may be described as the unpleasant awareness of a noxious stimulus or bodily harm....
 felt within a bone.

The cause of the bone pain may not be immediately apparent, and further testing is usually warranted (CBC, x-rays, etc.).

Usually, the cause of bone pain is an underlying medical disorder or past bone trauma
Physical trauma

Physical trauma refers to a body injury. A trauma patient is someone who has suffered serious and life-threatening physical injury with the potential for secondary complications such as Shock , respiratory failure and death....
.


prognosis of Bone Pain is determined once the cause of the pain is known.






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The term 'Bone pain' (or Ostealgia, or Osteodynia) generally is used to refer to pain
Pain

Pain, in the sense of physical pain, is a typical sensory experience that may be described as the unpleasant awareness of a noxious stimulus or bodily harm....
 felt within a bone.

The cause of the bone pain may not be immediately apparent, and further testing is usually warranted (CBC, x-rays, etc.).

Usually, the cause of bone pain is an underlying medical disorder or past bone trauma
Physical trauma

Physical trauma refers to a body injury. A trauma patient is someone who has suffered serious and life-threatening physical injury with the potential for secondary complications such as Shock , respiratory failure and death....
.

Diseases affecting bones

  • Viral illness
    Virus

    A virus is a Optical microscope#Limitations of light microscopes infectious agent that is unable to grow or reproduce outside a host cell . Viruses infect all cellular life....
     - longstanding viral infections may spread to the bones/joints
  • Leukemia
    Leukemia

    Leukemia is a cancer of the blood or bone marrow and is characterized by an abnormal proliferation of blood Cell , usually white blood cells ....
     - rare - can present with bony tenderness due to blast cells that have surfaced to the top of the bone
  • Sepsis/Bacteraemia
    Sepsis

    Sepsis, is a serious medicine condition characterized by a whole-body Inflammation state and the presence of a known or suspected infection.     - infection of the blood
  • Physical Trauma
    Physical trauma

    Physical trauma refers to a body injury. A trauma patient is someone who has suffered serious and life-threatening physical injury with the potential for secondary complications such as Shock , respiratory failure and death....
     to the bone (such as a fall)
  • Arthritic
    Arthritis

    Arthritis is a group of conditions involving damage to the joints of the body. Arthritis is the leading cause of disability in people older than fifty-five years....
     pain
  • Fibromyalgia
    Fibromyalgia

    Fibromyalgia , meaning muscle and connective tissue pain , is a disorder classified by the presence of chronic widespread pain and a heightened and painful response to gentle Somatosensory system ....
     - widespread pain with bony tenderness
  • Neoplasm/Cancer - can be primary bone tumor or may be metastatic (spread from another neoplastic site)
  • Paget's disease
    Paget's disease

    Sir James Paget, a prolific surgeon and pathologist, described several diseases, including:* Paget's disease of bone * Paget's disease of the breast...
  • Osteoporosis
    Osteoporosis

    Osteoporosis is a disease of bone that leads to an increased risk of bone fracture. In osteoporosis the bone mineral density is reduced, bone microarchitecture is disrupted, and the amount and variety of collagen proteins in bone is altered....


Prognosis

The prognosis of Bone Pain is determined once the cause of the pain is known. For example, if the bone pain has a neoplastic cause, the bone pain may resolve through judicious use of opioid
Opioid

An opioid is a chemical substance that has a morphine-like action in the body. The main use is for analgesia. These agents work by binding to opioid receptors, which are found principally in the central nervous system and the gastrointestinal tract....
 pain medication or chemotherapy
Chemotherapy

Chemotherapy, in its most general sense, refers to treatment of disease by chemicals that kill cells, specifically those of micro-organisms or cancer....
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