Manifestations of acute osteomyelitis

The typical manifestations of acute osteomyelitis are loss of appetite, high fever, persistent severe pain in the limbs, etc. The common symptoms include obvious systemic toxic symptoms, such as general discomfort, loss of appetite, high fever, chills, etc. In addition, the limbs will show persistent severe pain, and will be accompanied by nearby muscle spasms, unwilling to move the affected limbs, so clinically it is often called pseudoparalysis. The metaphysis is marked with tenderness, the limitation of movement of the affected limb is very obvious, and protective muscle spasms and limitation of movement of the limb are caused by obvious pain. Superficial areas show local increase in skin temperature, local soft tissue swelling in the early stage, and swelling of the whole lower limb or upper limb in the later stage. Therefore, patients with acute osteomyelitis should be actively treated, and surgery is required if surgery is indicated.