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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Bone pain (or Ostealgia, or Osteodynia) is generally referred to as having pain within the affected bone. The cause of bone pain is unknown, unless further testing is done (CBC, x-rays, exc.) Mostly, the cause is some underlying medical disorder or past trauma.

Diseases affecting bones

• viral illness (such as a cold that has spread to the bones/joints)
• leukemia (blasts that have surfaced to the top of the bone, often with tenderness)less common)
• blood infection (anemia/other)
• trauma to the bone (such as a fall)
• arthritis pain
• weather changes
• fibromyalgia (widespread body pain with tenderness)
• Cancer - can be primary bone tumor or spread from another cancer known as a Bony metastasis.
• Paget's disease
• Osteoporosis

Differential Diagnosis of Causes of Bone pain

In alphabetical order.

• Acute leukemia
• Asceptic bone necrosis
• Benign bone tumor
• Breast Cancer
• Brodie's Abscess
• Bronchial carcinoma
• Cystic subcartilaginous osteolyses
• Drugs
• Fibrous dysplasia
• Fractures
• Fractures without appropriate trauma
• Gaucher's Disease
• Hypernephroma
• Jaffe-Lichtenstein Syndrome
• Malignant bone tumor
• Metastases
• Multiple Myeloma
• Osteomalacia
• Osteomyelitis
• Osteoporosis
• Other injuries
• Paget's Disease
• Polio
• Primary/secondary hyperparathyroidism
• Prostate Cancer
• Renal osteopathy
• Sickle Cell Anemia
• Syphilis
• Thyroid Cancer
• Tuberculosis
• Vitamin C deficiency

Prognosis

The bone pain will most likely stop if the cause is identified.

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