HEllo there.
Just wondering if anyone as any information on a Brodies Abcess
I have suffered with severe ankle pain for 12 years (I am 26 just now) . Been to the doctors many times and told me there was nothing wrong with my ankle i was making it up to get attention. My doctor told my parents I was Phycsomatic (Spelling?)
Anyway to cut a very very long story short I have an x ray and MRI scans done in January and then last week I went into hospital to find out I have Chronic Osteomyletis and had to get a brodies abcess removed.
The bone around the absces was so also infected and the majority of the bone has been removed too.
I am on 18 tablets a day of antibiotics.
Unfortunately brodies abscess's are very rare in this country and I am unable to find any information on it.
My consultant has explained to me the ins and outs of the condition and he is confident that I should be pretty clear of having to get anymore surgery done but I am scared that it will re occur.
Any help would be appreciated.
Kind Regards
Laura
Just wondering if anyone as any information on a Brodies Abcess
I have suffered with severe ankle pain for 12 years (I am 26 just now) . Been to the doctors many times and told me there was nothing wrong with my ankle i was making it up to get attention. My doctor told my parents I was Phycsomatic (Spelling?)
Anyway to cut a very very long story short I have an x ray and MRI scans done in January and then last week I went into hospital to find out I have Chronic Osteomyletis and had to get a brodies abcess removed.
The bone around the absces was so also infected and the majority of the bone has been removed too.
I am on 18 tablets a day of antibiotics.
Unfortunately brodies abscess's are very rare in this country and I am unable to find any information on it.
My consultant has explained to me the ins and outs of the condition and he is confident that I should be pretty clear of having to get anymore surgery done but I am scared that it will re occur.
Any help would be appreciated.
Kind Regards
Laura
hi Laura i can relate to ur story and have been through the same thing on going now for nearly 17 years i 1st had mine drained when i was 21 now i am 26 as well and i have had to ops on it the 1st one was to drain and this went well i as on antibiotic for 16 weeks sounds like the same as u around 18 a day after this my pain was gone for around 3 yrs then it started to come back which the doctors told me it wouldnt i mean pain wise so i went in to have anther op on it to see what was going off because something showed up on xray but when they did a biopsy which came back negitive they said there was no reason for me to be i pain anymore but notting i wasnt used to hearing as am sure u can agree now recently my pain has started to return so am now going back to see a consultant for the 3 time never really spoke to anyone that has the same propblems as i have so anything i can help u with ***this post is edited by moderator *** ***
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and i wish u the best of luck with ur treatment
I had an operation to remove a Brodie abscess when I was 15 (I am now 55). Had no further problem until it reared it's ugly head again about 16 years ago. Once again I had surgery to remove it and spent over 4 weeks in hospital. My consultant said it was rare for this reccurence but as it had happened again, there was a possibility it would come back again in the future. Sorry to report this to you but thought it might be relevant