Osteomalacia and bone spur refer to the same lesion. Osteomalacia is a medical term and bone spur is a common name.
Both osteophytes and bone spurs are bony growths that form during the repair process of a chronic injury to the bone.
Osteomalacia and bone spurs represent the same meaning, osteophytes is a medical term, the expression of formal, mainly used in medical instruments and legal instruments to express the formal occasions. Bone spur is a folk term, often used in verbal expression.
Osteomalacia is due to the bones close to the joints are repeatedly pulled, the repair process is formed, which is a normal physiological phenomenon, general osteophytes will not cause obvious clinical symptoms, most also do not need treatment.
If the osteophytes are large, pressing the surrounding tissues to appear pain and other symptoms, you can relieve the symptoms through hot compresses, baking, massage and other physiotherapy, you can also take anti-inflammatory analgesic drugs such as nimesulide, diclofenac sodium patients with pain.
The above drugs need to be used under the guidance of a doctor, avoid self-medication.