Bone pain
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| Bone pain Classification and external resources |
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| ICD-10 | M89.8 |
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| ICD-9 | 733.90 |
| DiseasesDB | 15801 |
| MedlinePlus | 003180 |
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Bone pain (or Ostealgia, or Osteodynia) is generally referred to as having pain within the affected bone.
The cause of the bone pain may not be immediately apparent, and further testing is usually warranted (CBC, x-rays, exc.).
Usually, the cause of bone pain is an underlying medical disorder or past bone trauma.
[edit] Diseases affecting bones
- Viral illness - longstanding viral infections may spread to the bones/joints
- Leukemia - rare - can present with bony tenderness due to blast cells that have surfaced to the top of the bone
- Sepsis/Bacteraemia - infection of the blood
- Physical Trauma to the bone (such as a fall)
- Arthritic pain
- Fibromyalgia - widespread pain with bony tenderness
- Neoplasm/Cancer - can be primary bone tumour or may be metastatic (spread from another neoplastic site)
- Paget's disease
- Osteoporosis
[edit] Prognosis
The prognosis of Bone Pain is determined once the cause of the pain is known. For example, if the bone pain has a neoplastic cause, the bone pain may resolve through judicious use of opioid pain medication or chemotherapy.
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