CMO

Introduction: CMO

Description of CMO

CMO (medical condition): A rare chronic inflammatory bone disease that occurs in children. The symptoms go into periods of remission only to return. The most common sites for the inflammation are the shinbone, thighbone and collarbone with usually several sites being affected at once.

See also:

Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis:
  »Introduction: Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis
  »Symptoms of Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis
  »Treatments for Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis

CMO: Abbreviation for calculated mean organism; chief medical officer.
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

CMO: Rare Disease

Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

CMO is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that CMO, or a subtype of CMO, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

CMO as a Disease

CMO: Another name for Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis
  »Symptoms of Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis
  »Treatments for Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis

Symptoms of CMO (Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis)

Some of the symptoms of CMO incude:

• Bone pain
• Bone inflammation
• Bone lesions
• Bone swelling
• Skin redness

Read more about symptoms of CMO (Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis)

Treatments for CMO (Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis)

Treatments for CMO (Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis) include:

• NSAID medication

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Treatment of CMO: For more treatment information about CMO, see treatment of Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis (CMO)

Terms associated with CMO:

Terms Similar to CMO:

• CRMO
• Chronic multifocal osteomyelitis
• Multifocal osteomyelitis, chronic
• Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis

Source - NIH

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