Patient comments:osteomyelitis-symptoms

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I am years old and is diagnosed with osteomyelitis of the right heel. I remember the pain, for a while I walked on the ball of my foot until being bedridden for several weeks till I was placed In hospital where a piece of bone is removed from the lower part of my heel. After several months recuperating and physiotherapy, I was OK. The only ongoing problem I had is walking with the heel of my right shoe down, eventually my dad reinforced my shoes. Today with the advent of joggers and high sided shoes I has no problems.

Comment From:betty, 55-64 Female (caregiver)published:february

I "M years old and when I am 9 years old I had the very excruciating pain in my right leg. I had a hard time walking for 3 days, on the 4th day I couldn "T walk @ all. I had a fever and is crying with so much pain. My parents took me to the hospital for sick children. The doctor did a spinal tap and full checkup. I was and then diagnosed with osteomyelitis. I spent, weeks in isolation, and was given a shot of penicillin every 4 hours. I was then moved-a regular floor for another 2 weeks and was given penicillin intravenously. I was sent home after one month, then spent a additional month at home. I was walking with no problem after the first and the weeks at home. I was totally fine after and has never had problems with osteomyelitis again.

Comment From:katman0, 45-54 Male (Patient)published:january

I was a paramedic and I felt odd physically and months later I was mentally confused. This went in for over months and is progressive with time. My friends, family and workmates were concerned and some of them thought I was drinking or doing drugs or both. I had periods of leg pain, sweats and chills, even night terrors. My family did an "intervention" and I were admitted to the hospital, where I were detoxed and diagnosed with a psychotic BRE AK by a shrink. At the things got worse when I went home and I had to pay a nurse to take care of me for months. I was admitted to the other hospitals and I are now told I Had cancer, heart problems some kind of infection which di D not show elevated white blood cells. I woke up one morning and is in unbelievable pain in my left leg hip-down and I-could not walk, had temperature 104 and I Had lost 70lbs from 6 months. I was told-put my affairs in order and go into rehabilitation. The rehab doctor called it in 6 hours, osteomyelitis, an odd sterile type. I was put in IV antibiotics for weeks. I was in the hospital for, and the doctors and nurses didn ' t think I were going to live, or walk or I am not going To is all there if I made it through the. That is 7 years ago and I am disabled with a lumbar spine the hurts to even sit. This disease wrecked me and was chronic as this is progressive with age, I am now 55. I had septicemia and it took 4.5 years to get federal assistance.

Comment from:13-18 Female (Patient)Published:may

I can guarantee that you'll not be able to walk if you have osteomyelitis. ' Severe ' pain doesn ' t even begin to cover the pain I felt when I had osteomyelitis in my femur years ago. I couldn ' t move any part of my lower body, I is placed in a bed, and when someone would try to pick me up, touch me, move Me, I would scream out in agony and a couple times actually blacked out. The doctors had to go in surgery that night because I would ' ve died that night otherwise. It feels nothing like an annoying pain. It's the most intense pain I had ever felt.

Comment From:libradiva, 35-44 Female (Patient)published:march

I was diagnosed with osteomyelitis when I am fourteen years old. The first symptoms I noticed were pain and swelling in my left ankle. The pain is so severe I couldn ' t even walk let alone stand on my own II feet. I missed a lot of school because of it and every time I went to the doctor he would tell me I had a sprained ankle. He would wrap my ankle in an ace bandage, prescribe me with pain killers, tell me to keep a heating pad on it and send me On my. This went is on for a year and a half. Until I met the best orthopedic doctor in the universe. He injected me with a blue dye so went through my entire body to show where the infection would is and then I took an MR I. When the screens lit up with a blue patch, we knew. I had II biopsies and the bone was removed. I Haven ' t had a problem since.

Comment from:cohe2005, 35-44 Malepublished:august

I had heard of diabetics getting osteomyelitis, but my case was a little different,i am years old and has had diabetes For almost years. I have heard that I am more prone to osteomyelitis, but my twist are I had the osteo thingy when I was under 3 years old, I Was born in Hong Kong in 1971 and apparently got a infection which caused this osteo thing. I spent months in Gobowen hospital and had apparently from operations on my left leg, very very big scars scars to show. Does diabetes stem from osteomyeliyis or was it just diabetes to osteomyelitis?

Patient comments:osteomyelitis-symptoms