Is acute osteomyelitis contagious?

Most of the causes are due to hematogenous spread, that is, when the body's resistance is relatively poor, or when the blood circulation transports a group of highly pathogenic bacteria to a certain section of bone, the femoral metaphysis is generally more common, and then these bacteria multiply in these parts, and then local bone infection occurs, which is the main reason. In daily life, patients should monitor their own condition, alleviate the disease through effective and regular treatment to improve the quality of life, and patients should prevent symptoms from worsening and balance their diet, eat more fruits, vegetables and protein to improve their immunity. Acute osteomyelitis is generally not contagious, it is not an infectious disease. Acute osteomyelitis refers to bone marrow inflammation caused by pathogens infecting the bone marrow, bone, and periosteum. The pathogen is Staphylococcus aureus. The primary lesion causes abscesses that can cause sepsis and invade the bone marrow.

How is osteomyelitis treated?

Osteomyelitis can be cured, and the treatment methods are as follows: For acute suppurative osteomyelitis, treatment includes early and combined use of antibiotics, with sufficient dosage and duration, and continued medication for 2-4 weeks after the body temperature returns to normal. The medication is most appropriate based on the results of blood culture of pathogenic bacteria and drug sensitivity tests. How to treat osteomyelitis: In the early stages of acute osteomyelitis, local redness, swelling, heat and pain should be actively given, and broad-spectrum antibiotics should be actively given for infusion. Local medication can be applied externally to reduce swelling and relieve pain, and combined with traditional Chinese medicine, heat-clearing and detoxifying, and swelling and pain-relief medications can be taken orally and externally. Osteomyelitis treatments are roughly divided into several types, including conservative and surgical.

What are the causes of chronic osteomyelitis?

The reason why patients with chronic osteomyelitis are prone to relapse is due to the following reasons: such patients generally have low resistance. For example, if the patient fails to receive timely or appropriate treatment during the acute phase, a large amount of dead bone will form, which will cause chronic osteomyelitis. The second is that there is dead bone in the bone marrow cavity, or there are foreign bodies, and there is local dead cavity. This situation is also conducive to the growth and reproduction of bacteria, which can easily lead to repeated attacks of osteomyelitis in the later stage and cause chronic osteomyelitis.