Bone pain can have various causes, ranging in severity from 'worrying' to 'generally fatal'. Finding the true cause means ruling out or confirming each possibility – in other words, diagnosis.
Diagnosis is usually a complex process due to the sheer number of possible causes and related symptoms. In order to diagnose bone pain, we could:
Cause | Probability | Status |
---|---|---|
Leukemia | 99% | Confirm |
Sickle Cell Disease | 17% | Unlikely |
Osteoporosis | 15% | Unlikely |
Chronic Fatigue-Fibromyalgia | 1% | Ruled out |
Phosphorus Deficiency | 1% | Ruled out |
Bone Cancer | 0% | Ruled out |
Osteoarthritis | 0% | Ruled out |
Vitamin D Need | 0% | Ruled out |
Do you suffer from diffuse bone pain? In other words, vague bone pain that is impossible to pinpoint exactly? Do not include pain that is due to a known injury.
Possible responses:
→ Pain is due to an injury / don't know→ No → Slight, not always noticeable → Significant or always noticeable → Severe |
Diffuse bone pain can be caused by a diffuse cancer. Pain usually results when a tumor pushes on bones, nerves, or other organs in the body.
Bone pain, especially in the legs, can be a sign of ALL, CML, or hairy cell leukemia.