Joint Pain and Bone Pain
You find that invasive staph infection usually affects the joints and the bones, especially the larger limbs such as leg bone. It also affects the vertebrae where the condition is known as Osteomyelitis. It causes severe pain where the limbs may turn red, feel warm, swollen, and also tender to touch. Severe pain may restrict you from moving, causing pain and fever. The bacteria can also grow around the joints when an individual is suffering from an invasive staph infection. It can cause Septic arthritis where the germs and rest on the joints, especially on the knees, shoulders, and hips. You find that the joints get swollen, tender, and very painful, and it requires an x-ray in a hospital for diagnosis and treatment. [9]
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