What are the symptoms of osteomyelitis?

Pain: Depending on the location, it can present in a variety of ways: fever, pain, redness, a draining wound, swelling. In any case, osteomyelitis is a serious condition that warrants emergent medical care.

Ususally pain: Swelling and redness particularly if bone close to skin surface.Fever. If pus in bone is under great pressure bone pain is likely to occur. if cortex or periosteum of bone contains abscess formation pain is also an issue due to pressure. Sometimes purulent material can cause infarction of bone , another sometimes painful process.Blood tests usually show elevated white blood cells and inflammation