Antibiotics in osteomyelitis
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I developed Toxic Shock after foot surgery and hardware placement. I had Osteomyelitis which resulted in the removal of significant bone in my foot during an emergency surgery. I'm still nerves about the Osteomyelitis spreading or coming back, yet my Doc tells me not to worry. Hey, it's not his foot!
As for the Nurse visits; WATCH everything they do. Wash hands when they come in.
re talking of cutting the 4 smaller toe
She has osteomyelitis and cellulitis in one foot. Antibiotics have been unsucessful and according to the docs she waited too long for an operation (they say it could have been a simple removal of bone without amputation, a while ago).
The case is about 8 months old now - from start of 1st symptoms.
She still responds to antibiotics.
4 days later following a subsequent bloodtest, mri scan and observation he was diagnosed with osteomyelitis with the source of the infection thought to be either an earlier infected cut in his heel (3 months earlier treated with antibiotics prescribed by our gp) or excema he has around his ankle.
He has now been on iv antibiotics for 3+ weeks and 2 1/2 weeks ago had an operation which a. removed 'pus' from an abscess near his ankle and b.
The danger is the infection will go into the bone and result in osteomyelitis, which may mean weeks on an intravenous line in a hospital. Oral antibiotics do not work well for toe infections. Soaking in salt water will enhance the chances of developing osteomyelitis.
You should get an x-ray film of the toe and ideally the infection be cultured.
Osteomyelitis is very nasty and can spread to the metatarsals and the leg, which could result in amputation of the toe, foot or leg.
Treatment is usually intravenously administered vacomyacin, although the Journal of Infectious diseases January 2011 suggests oral Cipro as an alternative. If osteomyelitis of the bone in the toe progresses to the metatarsals it can mean foot amputation. You need an IMMEDIATE consult with a podiatrist.
Hello , My father is 40 years old and went through a terrible accident in 2003 because of which his left leg was braked at several places including his hip section. 15 years later, in begining of 2018 , a bit of pus started coming out of his hip's section where the IM injection is made. Due to very less quantity he did not take it into concern. In march 2020, he went to doctor and found that it was elsewhere managed case of infective arthritis of left hip chronic osteomyelitis.
Hello, So 3 days ago, I was on a boat and the metal cleat punctured in between my pinkie toe and my ring toe. At first i did no think much of it. There was minimal pain and bleeding. It would hurt a little to walk but thats it. Once i got home i cleaned it with hydrogen peroxide, water, and antibiotic ointment. Then sealed it with a gauze and bandaid. Its now been 3 days and the foot is swelling and there is some redness.
I have only been on antibiotic for 3 days, and it is a 10 day course. In the evenings, especially when I am in bed, I wake up because there is so much pain in my foot, it feels like a deep stabbing pain that is sharp, and sometimes burning. Is this normal of a skin infection from an incision? Could it be a bone infection? Or nerve damage? How patient should I be with this doctor and doctor's office?
And #8 indicated you have a chronic infection in your right hip. The medical term for that is Osteomyelitis. It is an infection of bone or bone marrow. By definition Osteomyelitis is inflammation of the bone and marrow, but since it is always caused by an infection, it indirectly implies an infection. It generally encompasses all of the bone including the bone marrow. When it is chronic it can lead to bone sclerosis and deformity.
He is in ALOT of pain, nausea, very tired and overal in pain everywhere. He is on antibiotics - Amoxocillin, but i am concerned it is not enough. They told him they would change the gauzes but when he called to have it done - they gave him the runaround and then finally agreed to "do him a favor" by changing them out. Iam concerned - what should i look for if this gets worse? What can we do to ensure he is being treated appropriately?
Hi, there seems to be a failure to eradicate infection of the bone in the acute stage results in persistence of the organism in the bone. It is characterized by continuing destruction of the bone by the infective process. Periosteal stripping results in parts of the bone becoming avascular and necrotic. These dead fragments are called sequestra.
I am a nursing student that is researching about osteomyelitis or bone infection. I would like to talk to anyone who has gone thru osteomyelitis, know someone who has and wants to share their experiences with me. I look forward for your postings.
however, an MRI scan was interpreted by my podiatrist that I had a bone infection (cellulitis) on the tip of my big toe bone. I now have been taking antibiotics for about a month, about 10 days of keflex with a 5 day break, 10 days of cipro, and 3 days break before another 10 days of cipro. Am now taking a 10 day round of both clindamycin and bactrum to treat it.
Has anyone ever had or know anything about skull or jaw osteomyelitis. I know it's an infection that spreads from somewhere else usually but i'm wondering if anyone has had it and can let me know the symptoms. If so i would really appreciate it. I've been having some weird symptoms lately and a little worried it may be this.
t who removed the sinus cyst said I have osteomyelitis and gave antibiotics. I had some relief while on antibiotics ( not total there was still pain in the left cheekbone). Now that the antibiotic course has finished I am in pain again.
The dentist here has advised that I need to have the upper left gum
area & the area where the root canal was done surgically drained & the
fluid be tested so I can be given the correct antibiotics.
Has anyone ever had a reaction to antibiotics that turns into a chronic condition? My husband has been ill for the last three years and doctors can't figure out why. Symptoms come and go but always include excessive sweating, night sweats, sinus infections and overwhelming fatigue. He was recently given Bactrim and had a bad reaction to it. Now we're thinking that antibiotics used over the years may have caused these chronic symptoms. Are we crazy?
The problem is that invariably, if untreated, you will develop an infection in the bones a condition called osteomyelitis. Because oral antibiotics do not travel well to the extremities, you may end up with several weeks of intraveous therapy, which may not work. The bacteria has to be cultured to determine the proper antibiotic. In a worse case scenario you may lose toes from amputation, a foot, or a leg.
After all the tests the doctor diagnosed chronic osteomyelitis in left femur and told me that this is not a big issue as you were having this from early time and aslo the doctor suggested when ever you are dealing with the take a painkiller or paracetamol and just forget about it. But Now before three months I consulted another orthopedic surgeon who is also a orthopedic professor he also told me for some tests like MRI Xray and blood test and he also diagnosed the same I.
Your sister has taken many antibiotics and antifungals but they have provided little help. In that case, the best treatment is incision and drainage followed by a round of general antibiotics which in turn is followed by specific antibiotics or antifungals after the reports of pus/ blood sample of the effected site specify whether it is bacterial or fungal infection.
Hi! I'm a 28 year old female. I've been having problems with my right collarbone, arm and shoulder for over a year now. Last October, I noticed that my collarbone got enlarged at the place where it meets the sternum. The very place didn't hurt, but i felt pain in my arm, neck and shoulder. I felt some tension in my whole right side of the body. I've been going from one doctor to another...One said it was Cervical Spondylosis, the other Arthrosis....
Diabetes is an excellent guess, although those pinprick pains usually occure late in the process, and aere symptomatic of osteomyelitis, which can be life-threatening and result in toe amputation, foot amputation, or leg amputation. Often these start in the tip, of a smaller toe, so the fact this is a single toe is significant. If the infection migrates to the bloodstream you may have ther patient end up with endocarditis and a pig-valve procedure. All this for a little pin-***** on the toe!
what i dont understand is why after the ct scan which showed a grim lesion did we go thru weeks of hell being prepared for it being cancer and also why didnt infection show up on blood tests and he has had loads of antibiotics in the past which havent touched it..
t have to have diabetes to develop osteomyelitis. It is simply more common in diabetics. It may not be this problem, but you require an x-ray and a minimum.
I had a I drip put in my arm when it was removed.
The dentist that did the work is and oral surgeon. I have been put on Ciprofloxacin 500 mg 2 times a day and Oxycodone for pain. Is this the proper treatment? This morning I called him to explain that I am sick to my stomach much of the time and the pain is from where my 31 tooth was up to the front of my ear. Along with the top and bottom front teeth. The left side of my throat is sore with some discomfront in swallowing.
As long as the upper jaw gum closed up completely in about 1 week, the lower one was not healed at all so that doctor recommended to take antibiotics. The course of antibiotics did not help a lot and in March 2012 they diagnosed a low jaw bone osteomyelitis. The doctor continued the antibiotic therapy followed by lab tests. In the middle of April 2012 the histological Lab test result showed up the benign tumor.
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