Is osteomyelitis treatable?

Patients with osteomyelitis can generally be cured. Osteomyelitis is mainly bone destruction and infection. It is a long-term, chronic, and difficult-to-cure disease. The cause of the disease is very complicated, mainly due to infection. There are several treatments: the first is joint puncture, which extracts part of the infected lesion through puncture, injects antibiotics into the lesion, etc., to relieve symptoms; if the symptoms or condition cannot be effectively controlled, surgical debridement is required. The purpose of treatment is to remove the surrounding pus, dead bone and necrotic soft tissue, prevent further aggravation of the infection, and better control the infection. For example, the sciatic segment needs to be removed in order to control the infection. After the infection is controlled, it is necessary to actively strengthen nutrition according to the patient's condition and actively conduct regular checkups.

What causes osteomyelitis?

The most important thing is that the open injury of the limbs, the fixed value of bacteria, the severe soft tissue injury, the bone crushing, and the loss of normal blood supply to a large number of free bone fragments have caused the limbs to have a reduced ability to resist infection. The main causes of osteomyelitis are as follows: First, bacterial infection. Different types of bacterial infection lead to the occurrence of osteomyelitis. The main causes of osteomyelitis include: hematogenous, and the spread of pathogens to bones through the blood.

Osteomyelitis medication

Patients should undergo relevant bacterial culture and drug sensitivity tests, and select targeted antibiotics based on the specific results, such as ciprofloxacin, gentamicin, and cephalosporin, which are used in combination for better results. For some patients with severe pain, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs can also be considered, which also have better anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects. Osteomyelitis patients can use effective and regular drugs for treatment, usually analgesics to treat joint pain, or take antibiotics to relieve the condition. Injections and medication are part of the comprehensive treatment of osteomyelitis, and the treatment of osteomyelitis requires comprehensive treatment.