How to treat osteomyelitis in children

Osteomyelitis in children needs to attract the special attention of parents, because children have limited ability to express themselves and cannot explain their physical symptoms well. We can only obtain accurate information through the baby's limited description. For children with osteomyelitis, we should pay attention to the baby's healthy diet, avoid spicy and greasy food, and participate in moderate exercise, but pay attention to the protection of the joints. So, how should osteomyelitis be treated in children?

1. Children are in the growth stage of life, their bodies are not fully developed, and their immunity is relatively weak. Once pathogens invade the body, they will spread rapidly. Their own resistance mechanism can easily cause rapid changes. In addition, children's bone development is not complete, and the bone immune system itself is not perfect, so it creates better conditions for pathogens to attach. The most common type of osteomyelitis in children is acute hematogenous osteomyelitis. Most children love to play and make noises, and it is common for them to suffer some injuries while playing. If these wounds are not handled properly or no attention is paid, they can easily be invaded by bacteria, causing infection and gradually developing into osteomyelitis.

2. The incidence rate among children is mostly concentrated in the age group of 3-15 years old. Childhood osteomyelitis is difficult to treat because of the children's own conditions. First of all, the children's immune system is not perfect, and many other factors will arise in the long-term treatment, which makes the treatment of the disease difficult. For example, children are lively and active, and it is easy for them to be involved in the wound. In addition, the children themselves have insufficient resistance, and the loss of appetite caused by the disease itself can lead to malnutrition, which greatly reduces the repair and reconstruction of the diseased bone tissue and soft tissue. It is recommended that parents have a comprehensive understanding of acute osteomyelitis and prevent the occurrence of chronic osteomyelitis in children as early as possible.

3. Acute osteomyelitis will cause local redness, swelling, heat and pain. Many children experience chills, high fever and other symptoms during the acute osteomyelitis period, but these will be misdiagnosed and treated as other symptoms, thus delaying the disease. Other symptoms include general discomfort, headache, irritability, and persistent severe pain in the affected limb. If no regular treatment is given, abscesses will appear within a period of time, followed by sinus tracts, which will slowly turn into chronic osteomyelitis. Once osteomyelitis exists for a long time, the damage and complications caused are very dangerous. If it is not treated properly or in time, amputation may occur, resulting in lifelong disability.

4. To prevent the occurrence of osteomyelitis, we must start from many aspects. First of all, it is recommended that mothers should breastfeed so that the child can obtain the mother's natural antibodies after birth, thereby increasing their own resistance; secondly, guide and encourage children to participate in outdoor exercise regularly, but pay attention to the degree of danger and their own prevention, get more sun exposure, and enhance the body's resistance; also pay attention to keeping your skin clean and hygienic, take a bath frequently to prevent the skin from being infected by bacteria; finally, for patients with special physical conditions such as furunculosis or folliculitis, they should avoid squeezing in daily life to prevent the infected area from spreading.