Symptom: Bone pain

Introduction: Bone pain

Bone pain: Pain affecting the bones. See free access online books about Bone pain below. See detailed information below for a list of 186 causes of Bone pain, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Causes of Bone pain:

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Bone pain. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

• Bone injury
• Fracture
• Arthritis
• Osteoarthritis
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Ankylosing spondylitis
• Osteoporosis
• Bone cancer
• Metastatic bone cancer
• Rickets
• Osteomalacia
• Tuberculosis
• See also causes of pain, muscle pain, or other bone sytmpoms

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Causes of Types of Bone pain:

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• Temporary increase in bone pain
• Skeletal pain (1 cause)
• Generalised musculoskeletal pain (12 causes)

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Bone pain: Multiple Symptom Checker

Listed below are some combinations of symptoms associated with Bone pain, as listed in our database. Visit the Multiple Symptoms Checker, to add and remove symptoms and research your condition.

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Multiple Symptom Checker Combinations

• Bone pain and Nerve symptoms (157 causes)
• Bone pain and Pain (157 causes)
• Bone pain and Sensations (157 causes)
• Bone pain and Bone symptoms (151 causes)
• Bone pain and Swelling symptoms (112 causes)
• Bone pain and Weakness (106 causes)
• Bone pain and Muscle weakness (103 causes)
• Bone pain and Muscle symptoms (103 causes)
• Bone pain and Fatigue (98 causes)
• Bone pain and Digestive symptoms (92 causes)
• Bone pain and Body symptoms (92 causes)
• Bone pain and Weight loss (89 causes)
• Bone pain and Weight symptoms (87 causes)
• Bone pain and Head symptoms (74 causes)
• Bone pain and Abdominal symptoms (72 causes)
• Bone pain and Liver symptoms (69 causes)
• Bone pain and Fever (69 causes)
• Bone pain and Liver problems (68 causes)
• Bone pain and Temperature symptoms (68 causes)
• Bone pain and Enlarged liver (65 causes)

See full list of 1024 Multiple Symptom Checker combinations related to Bone pain

Causes of General Symptom Types

Research the causes of these more general types of symptom:

• Bone symptoms (600 causes)
• Pain (3014 causes)
• Sensations (3186 causes)
• Nerve symptoms (3495 causes)
• Common symptoms (4555 causes)

Causes of Similar Symptoms to Bone pain

Research the causes of these symptoms that are similar to, or related to, the symptom Bone pain:

• Muscle pain (449 causes)
• Muscle cramps (141 causes)
• Pain (3014 causes)
• Bone symptoms (600 causes)
• Bone pain (186 causes)
• Fractures (106 causes)
• Bone disorders
• Bone loss (3 causes)

Diagnostic Guides for Bone pain

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Diagnostic tests for Bone pain:

Various tests are used in the diagnosis of Bone pain. Some of these are listed below :

• Blood tests
  • Full blood count and ESR to detect anemia, infection, inflammation, leukemia
  • Renal function, electrolytes and liver function tests especially to test for alkaline phosphatase, calcium and phosphorus. Bone metastases may cause elevated alkaline phosphatase and calcium. Multiple myeloma may have evidence of renal failure and may have elevated calcium, protein and uric acid. Paget's disease can have elevated alkaline phosphatase
  • Arthritis screen depending on suspicion including Rheumatoid factor, ANA and ENA antibodies, HLA-B27
  • PSA and serum acid phosphatase if suspect prostate cancer as cause for bone metastases

See full list of 14 diagnostic tests for Bone pain

Diagnosis Checklist: Questions your doctor may ask (and why!)

During a consultation, your doctor will use various techniques in their assessment of Bone pain. Your doctor may ask several questions when assessing your condition. It is important to remember that your consultation is a two-way process and any extra information you can share with your doctor about your symptoms may help them with their diagnosis. Some of the questions your doctor may ask are listed below:

• How long have you noticed the bone pain? - to establish if acute or chronic.
• Is the bone pain localized or generalized?
• If localized , where is the bone pain?
• Is there a history of trauma or injury? - may suggest fracture. If the injury was minimal may suggest osteoporosis or pathological fracture due to bone tumor or bone metastases.
• Is the bone pain present day at night? - may suggest more serious cause such as bone tumor, bone metastases, leukemia, Paget's.

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Diagnosis Checklist: Associated symptoms your doctor may ask about (and why!)

Sometimes, other symptoms may be present and may help your doctor analyse your condition. The symptoms your doctor may ask about (in association with Bone pain) may include:

• Fever - may suggest osteomyelitis, infective discitis.
• Is there a limitation of motion of the joints? - may indicate Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid arthritis or ankylosing spondylitis, bone tumors, osteomyelitis or fracture.
• Symptoms of bone metastases? - e.g. malaise, fever, weight loss, pathological fractures.
• Symptoms of multiple myeloma? - e.g. bone pain, usually back ache, symptoms of anemia, recurrent infections, symptoms of renal failure.
• Symptoms of Paget's disease? - e.g. deformed bone, warm skin over affected area, enlargement of skull, persistent headaches.

See Diagnosis Checklist for Bone pain (10 listings)

Stories from Users for Bone pain

Real-life user stories relating to Bone pain:

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• An Uneasy Feeling..
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• clubbing, anemia & bone pain
• Joint, bone, and skin pain
• Chronic bone pain?
• Shoulder pain around collar bone ?!?
• Set of odd symptoms and I just feel BAD.
• Bone pain and tooth/cartilage changes caused by acidosis
• Pain in pelvis bone
• Feeling so ill.... can doctors be right?
• Painful bones and numbness
• Pain is the main symptom - other symptoms possibly related?

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Causes of Bone pain listed in Disease Database:

Other medical conditions listed in the Disease Database as possible causes of Bone pain as a symptom include:

• Aluminium (dialysis related) toxicity
• Aseptic necrosis of bone
• Bone metastases
• Breast cancer
• Bronchogenic carcinoma
• Chondrosarcoma
• Erdheim-Chester disease
• Etidronate
• Ewing's sarcoma
• Fracture of bone
• Gaucher's disease
• Granulocyte colony stimulating factor
• Hypercalcaemia
• Juvenile osteochondrosis of spine
• Mastocytosis
• Melanoma
• Metastatic neoplasm
• Myelofibrosis
• Myeloma
• Nasu-Hakola disease

See full list of 186 causes of Bone pain
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Medications or substances causing Bone pain:

The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins are some of the possible causes of Bone pain as a symptom. Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using, including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.

• Cytarabine Hydrochloride
• Cytosar-U
• Calcitriol
• Calcijex
• Rocaltrol

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Organs affected by Bone pain:

The list of organs typically affected by Bone pain may include, but is not limited to:

• Bone

Detailed list of causes of Bone pain

The list below shows some of the causes of Bone pain mentioned in various sources:

• Acute cholinergic dysautonomia - bone pain
• Acute leukaemia of ambiguous lineage - bone pain
• Acute lymphoblastic leukemia - bone pain
• Acute lymphoblastic leukemia, adult - bone pain
• Acute lymphocytic leukemia - Bone pain

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How Common are these Causes of Bone pain?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Bone pain. Of the 186 causes of Bone pain that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

• 4 causes are "very common" diseases
• 5 causes are "common" diseases
• 4 causes are "uncommon" diseases
• 1 causes are "rare" diseases
• 12 causes are "very rare" diseases
• 166 causes have no prevalence information.

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Conditions listing symptoms: Bone pain:

The following list of conditions have 'Bone pain' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

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Causes of Bone pain Based on Risk Factors

This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Bone pain based on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient: