Osteomyelitis is a bone infection usually caused by staphylococcus bacteria; the hematogenous type most often affects children. My daughter had her first bone infection before She was a month old. This was October 2000.
The infection enters the bloodstream from infection of tonsils, middle ear or other site. Can infect, bone, marrow or joint, causing swelling and inflammation. It can also can bone abscess. They have no idea how she got it as an infant. They believe she got it in the hospital.
Symptoms:
Sever Bone Pain
High Fever
Swelling over infected area, in adjacent joints.
Treatment:
Antibiotics
Treat promptly; delaying could lead to bone deformity.
Here we go again in 2014.
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