During a consultation, your doctor will use various techniques in his assesment of the symptom: Bone pain. These may include a physical examination or other medical tests. 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 may help them with their diagnosis.
Some of the questions your doctor may ask are listed below:
Why: to establish if acute or chronic.
Why: may suggest fracture. If the injury was minimal may suggest osteoporosis or pathological fracture due to bone tumor or bone metastases.
Why: may suggest more serious cause such as bone tumor, bone metastases, leukemia, Paget's.
Sometimes, other symptoms may be present and may help your doctor analyse your condition. These may include:
Why: may suggest osteomyelitis, infective discitis.
Why: may indicate Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid arthritis or ankylosing spondylitis, bone tumors, osteomyelitis or fracture.
Why: e.g. malaise, fever, weight loss, pathological fractures.
Why: e.g. bone pain, usually back ache, symptoms of anemia, recurrent infections, symptoms of renal failure.
Why: e.g. deformed bone, warm skin over affected area, enlargement of skull, persistent headaches.
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