Question 1

best treatment for maxilla bone infection?

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Osteomyelitis: This infection of the maxillary bone will best be managed by an oral surgeon, hopefully in collaboration with an infectious diseases expert. The most common organism is actinomyces species, but any of the oral/periodontal flora may be involved. As in most forms of osteomyelitis a combination of surgical debridement combined with long tern antibiotic will be necessary.  Good luck.

Question 2

what are signs that i have a bone infection?

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Pain: The most common sign of bone infection (otherwise known as osteomyelitis) is localized pain.  If the infection spreads and enters the bloodstream, you can get the usual septic picture with fever, high heart rate, and possibly low blood pressure.

Question 3

what is the cure for a bone infection?

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Depends: Can be as simple as antibiotics to as radical as surgery, and in some instances, even amputation.  Really depends on how bad the infection is, where it is, and how long its been there.

Question 4

what are the symptoms of osteomylitis bone infection?

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Pain/Redness: There is a wide range of symptoms, including pain, redness over the area, development of an abscess or a draining wound, fevers, chills or possibly none of these.  There is blood work that can be collected that can be suggestive of an infection but the only sure way to know is to get a biopsy and collect cultures from the bone itself.

Question 5

what is it like to have a bone infection called ostmitis?

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Osteomyelitis: A bone infection varies by location in its impact. However no matter the bone involved principles of treatment are governed by whether it  is a new or acute infection or an older or chronic one, what the infective agent is, general health of the patient, and treatment t date. Other considerations may be surgical treatment which varies by these criteria too. RX is complex and involves many docs

Question 6

does a bone infection make the bones hurt & how is it diagnosed?

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Yes,it usually hurts: Please see a dr soon.Bone infections are very dangerous and often need surgery and long term IV antibiotics to treat.X-ray or ct may assist in diagnosis, with exam, CBC and sed rate.

Question 7

how do you define bone infection?

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Let explain to you.: Osteomyelitis (osteo- derived from the greek word osteon, meaning bone, myelo- meaning marrow, and -itis meaning inflammation) simply means an infection of the bone or bone marrow.It can be usefully subclassified on the basis of the causative organism (pyogenic bacteria or mycobacteria), the route, duration and anatomic location of the infection. It is the bone you have infection in the tonsiles.

Question 8

can a bone infection heal itself?

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Bone infection: It is not usual for an infection in the bone to heal itself. Treatments vary widely. Infections in the bone first of all may be difficult to diagnose. Then deciding the time frame -- acute, subacute or chronic-- assists the group of physicians in deciding what the best treatment plans to offer. Patient involvement is very important in the development of the treatment plan.  Seek a medical opinion.

Question 9

what does bone infection look like?

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Osteomyelitis: This usually produces pain over the area of bone involved, often fever and other signs and symptoms of inflammation.  Diagnosis is best made by biopsy and culture, but the presence of osteomyelitis (bone infection) may be suspected clinically and supported by imaging studies, including ct, MRI and nuclear scans.

Question 10

how serious can a bone infection get?

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Fairly serious: Bone infections ( osteomyelitis ) is generally curable in its acute form with antimicrobials alone.  It requires about 6 weeks of therapy, however which may need to be iv.  If, however, the infection is not recognized and treated in the acute stage, adequate surgical cleaning up of the bone is required with the antimicrobials to cure. If not an option, antimicrobial suppression may be used.

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