Bone pain may be the only casualty or tumor origin. Almost everyone of us had ever broken arm or leg so that she could not for the great pain and had to move us to put it in plaster.

Formation of bone pain

For cancer

Bone pain for cancer and bone marrow or, even more often pain bone metastases, is very unpleasant already by having progressively worsening chronic course. It reduces bone pain in patients both physically and in their daily activities and weakens the psyche has been so ill man. Besides pain, tumors can exhibit fracture when inappropriately loaded bone or vertebra (e.g. at retail fall which would in otherwise healthy humans to breakage occurred), which is “supported” current osteoporosis(thinning of bone in old age, but in the meantime case caused tumors).

Primary bone tumors are several types, but all are relatively rare and occur mainly in adolescents ages. Comprises 5% of all childhood tumors. Pain is localized not only in bones but also in adjacent joints (eg. Bearing tumor in the pelvis can occur with pain in his hip and femur bearing knee pain).Another symptom can be severe swelling, which is often mistaken for post-traumatic change.Treatment depends depending on the particular type of tumor, chemotherapy prevails (it is important for limb preservation) and surgical treatment.

Multiple myeloma (or if plasmacytoma) is a tumor of bone marrow plasma cells based on, sometimes important for antibody production. This is the relatively frequent cancer of the elderly.Proportion of patients may be at an early stage without difficulty, but in more than 70% of patients, the dominant symptom of pain, the most in the back or ribs. Pain is tied to physical activity. Again, there may easily fractures, some of which may be dangerous – vertebral causes spinal cord compression! The disease can also occur with other symptoms such as kidney failure, frequent infections, weight loss, anemia, headaches and the like. Myeloma treatment is based onchemotherapy or a bone marrow transplant. Prevention is essential complications – faster bone demineralization precedes maintaining physical activity in the current analgesic support (especially bisphosphonates).

For stabilization of bone tissue it is also advisable to wear a corset.

Bone pain can accompany and other cancers of the bone marrow, such as in particular leukemia(e.g. chronic myeloid leukemia). The skeleton, however, is by far the most frequently attacked metastases from other tumor affected organs. Tumor cells have a natural ability to wander blood system to remote locations and settle in another body – in our case, bone. Bone is convenient for them, because cells are easily propagated in it, but this unfortunately destroys surrounding original bone tissue. Of skeletal metastasis is the most richly perfused bones, which are the vertebrae (hence the annoying back pain), the end of the long bones and skull. Most metastatic to bone breast cancer, prostate cancer and lung cancer, less frequent tumor of the kidney, thyroid cancer, colorectal cancer (colon cancer), cervical cancer, melanoma and other tumors. Bone pain in metastatic tumors is constant or intermittent and hard Silenceable conventional painkillers. Bone have been mainly at night, that is at rest so that opposite than bone pain in myeloma. Simultaneously can also add other manifestations – fractures or anemia (anemia) and lack of white blood cells due to the current bone marrow suppression.

osteoporosis

Pain in itself osteoporosis is caused by nerve irritation rather of oppression spinal osteoporotic vertebrae. Patients may worry about back pain, often stretchy, uncharacteristic and increasing load.Severe pain arise suddenly, after a quick movement, mostly located in the lower thoracic and upper lumbar spine, band-like shooting ahead in the stomach and legs. Reflexively withdraw the deep back muscles and irritation of the nerve roots coming out of the spinal cord. More about osteoporosis and its treatment can be found in symptom osteoporosis.

Treatment and control of bone pain

Bone pain any tumor origin try first to master analgesics such as aspirin, ibuprofen, a little strongertramadol (Tramal), and the like. When they fail, your doctor may try to use opiates, but bone pain, more specific, more effective and less burdensome drugs such as bisphosphonates (Fosamax, Actonel …), calcitonin, and hormone therapy in certain metastatic (especially breast cancer). At low efficacy of these drugs to tumors and especially bone metastases irradiated (radiotherapy) and brings the patient for some time relief.