What is osteomyelitis?
Osteomyelitis is an acute or chronic bone infection. It may be due to a spreading infection from surrounding tissue or contamination of an open wound.
How do members experience osteomyelitis?
Top 5 symptoms reported by people with osteomyelitis*
*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
Top treatments taken by people for osteomyelitis*
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Who has osteomyelitis on PatientsLikeMe?
Age
Age | Proportion | # of patients |
---|---|---|
<20 | 1 | |
20s | 5 | |
30s | 10 | |
40s | 21 | |
50s | 47 | |
60s | 28 | |
70+ | 26 |
Distribution of sex
Sex
Sex | Proportion | # of patients |
---|---|---|
Male | 42 | |
Female | 92 |
Talk to people with osteomyelitis
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members say they have this condition