Osteomyelitis

What is it?
Osteomyelitis is an infectious disease that attacks the bones, which is usually caused by bacteria or microorganisms that travel from the skin through ofthe blood becoming in a infection to the bones. It is common for people who live in deplorable situations whether they live in the street or accumulate a lot of dirt in their home, also in those who have contact with animals that transmit different infectious diseases and even medical negligence during some surgery where there is contact with a contaminated object.

Symptomatology
Patients with this condition have severe general discomfort, bone pain, ulcers and pus, bad odor in the area, swelling, bone degeneration and in extreme points can even generate larvae and worms, constant fever and stiffness of nearby or affected joints .

Treatment
If the infection is less or is beginning, the first step is to administer antibiotics, in case the infection does not disappear and spread, surgery is performed to remove the infected bone tissue.

study
A rx study was performed on an 86-year-old female patient who suffered a rat bite and months later discovered that the infection had spread to the bones of her left leg affecting specifically the tibia and fibula and was diagnosed with osteomyelitis. The study was remitted weeks later to discover the presence of larvae that fed on the spongy tissue of the bones in order to see, after the extraction of some larvae, if there was still presence of these.