Bone pain involves a feeling of aching or other discomfort in one or more bones. The causes of bone pain can vary, but medications such as painkillers may always be used to reduce the pain. It is important to consult a doctor in order to determine the causes and to receive proper treatment.
Bone pain describes an extreme tenderness, aching, or other discomfort in one or more bones. Bone pain differs from muscle pain because bone pain is present whether the sufferer is moving or stationary. The pain is commonly associated with diseases that affect the normal function or structure of the bone.
Causes of bone pain are normally serious conditions, for example: 1) fracture or injury to the bones, 2) mineral deficiency: a deficiency of calcium and vitamin D will result in osteoporosis, which may lead to bone pain, 3) metastatic cancer: when certain cancers from anywhere in the body start to spread into the bones, 4) bone cancer: cancer originating in the bone, 5) diseases that disturb blood supply to the bone: without a sufficient and stable blood supply, the bone tissue may decay, 6) infection: if an infection starts in or spreads to the bone, it may cause osteomyelitis. 7) Leukemia: this is cancer of the blood building bone marrow. The bone marrow is also responsible for the production of bone cells and cancer in the marrow may lead to faulty production of bone cells, leading to pain.
Beside pain relievers to reduce the symptoms, the treatment may include a therapy of the cause of the bone pain, which may be: 1) antibiotics: when the source of bone pain is an infection, 2) surgery: when certain parts of bone tissue died, surgery is needed to remove the damaged parts in order to allow proper regeneration, 3) nutritional supplements: when the source of pain is a deficiency of minerals, especially in patients with osteoporosis, 4) cancer treatment: common cancer treatments include surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy.
Several years of work in academia, medical practice and finally commercialization make it possible to provide an end-to-end process to help users to “find the appropriate medical help based on their present symptoms”. Below you will find a short explanation, showing you which part of the platform will help you best in finding the appropriate medical support.
Proceed as follows to enter your current symptoms.
Click on the appropriate body part on the picture. Select one/multiple symptoms corresponding to your complaint.
You can also add symptoms by typing your medical complaint in the search box and selecting the best matching suggestion.
Note: Your information will be kept anonymously.
Once you have selected all applicable symptoms, click the “analyze disease pattern”-button.
Accordingly, you will get a list of possible diseases and matching doctor categories who can further help you.
You can inform yourself about the possible diseases by reading the related information. But you can also return to the previous step and add more symptoms or delete already added ones to further narrow down your disease pattern.
Click on the desired doctor category to find a doctor who can help you.
If you are logged in with your profile, you will be displayed the appropriate doctors in your area. Otherwise you can enter an address in the “address” field and you will be displayed a doctor’s list around that specified address.
You will receive further information about the displayed doctors when you press on “details”.
Online bookable doctors in your area will be indicated with the notation “Book appointment” or “Book externally”, additionally they will be displayed on top of the list for your convenience.
Click on “Book appointment” to start the online appointment booking process with the desired doctor.
Please select an available appointment. “Green“ appointments are booked directly. “Red“ appointments need to be confirmed by the doctor.
Enter your general personal and health information.
Enter your present medical symptoms.
Enter your mobile phone number to identify yourself and you can finalize the appointment booking.
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