Osteomyelitis

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.

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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
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