Skeletal Injuries and Diseases

Sinuses

commonly form that allow pus and debris to escape from the bone to the outer skin.

Traction

is usually used to align a bone or bones by a gentle, steady pulling action.

Purplish patch

on the skin caused by leakage of blood from ruptured blood vessels (bruising or ecchymosis)

Deformity

a limb may look "out of place" or a part of the bone may puncture through the skin

D

Deformity

C

Contusions

A

Abrasions

P

Punctures

B

Burns

T

Tenderness

L

Lacerations

S

Swelling

Open

Bone is sticking out of the body open to the atmosphere with no enclosed skin

Closed

Bone is enclosed in the skin and the area is swelled

Central DNA Scan

dual energy x-ray absorptiometry

Paget’s disease Asymptomatic treatment

might not need treatment

Paget’s disease Symptomatic treatment

medications, possibly surgery

Paget’s DIease

interferes with your body’s normal recycling process, in which new bone tissue gradually replaces old bone tissue

Ways to diagnose Paget’s Disease

x-rays, bone scan, blood tests

Osteomyelitis

an infection of the bone → Infection in one part of the body may spread through the bloodstream into the bone, or an open fracture or surgery may expose the bone to infection

Osteoporosis

A disease in which the density and quality of bone are reduced