How is osteomyelitis caused, how is it treated, and is it serious?

Osteomyelitis is a relatively serious disease, mostly induced by trauma, such as sprains and falls due to untreated, so that the pathogenic bacteria infection, resulting in destructive inflammation of the bones, manifested as local redness, swelling, pain, generalized hyperthermia, etc.. The treatment of osteomyelitis is mainly medication, surgery, etc. The specific treatment methods are as follows: I. Acute osteomyelitis 1. General treatment: Patients need to be treated with cooling, rehydration, etc., to correct disorders of acid-base balance, and transfusion therapy if necessary; 2. Antibiotic therapy: For patients with acute osteomyelitis, broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy should be given in a timely manner based on experience, and generally requires the simultaneous use of two or more antibiotics. In addition, the patient should be given a broad-spectrum antibiotic treatment according to experience, and generally two or more antibiotics should be used at the same time. Bacterial culture and drug sensitivity test should be conducted at the same time, and sensitive antibiotics should be used for treatment after the results are available; 3. Chronic osteomyelitis 1, antibiotic treatment: less severe symptoms are treated with antibiotics or analgesic drugs, such as amikacin, meropenem, etc.; 2, surgical treatment: it is difficult to cure chronic osteomyelitis with drugs alone, especially if the symptoms are severe, surgical treatment is recommended to remove the lesion openly and, if necessary, to perform osteotomy and bone graft surgery. No matter which type of osteomyelitis should be taken seriously, because osteomyelitis belongs to the relatively serious orthopedic diseases, once diagnosed with osteomyelitis, patients should be treated immediately.