Bone pain

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
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.