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As people age, bones lose some of their structure. Osteopenia and osteoporosis are both conditions in which bones become less dense and, therefore, ...
Pain or swelling in one or more joints. Trouble moving a joint. Weakness or loss of feeling in the arms or legs. Causes. Joint damage from osteoarthritis is the ...
Bones then become weak and brittle and can break easily. Menopause raises your risk of osteoporosis because during the first few years after menopause, women ...
Clarke recommends talking to your primary care provider and asking about bone density testing if you have had previous low-trauma fractures or risk factors for ...
Numerous risk factors for proximal junctional kyphosis and failure have been proposed. A Mayo Clinic study published in the November 2022 issue of the Journal ...
Because a child's arm bones are still growing, a fracture in the area where growth occurs near each end of a long bone (growth plate) can interfere with that ...
Osteogenesis imperfecta, sometimes called brittle bone disease ... Juvenile Paget disease, a disorder that causes bones to be abnormally large, deformed and weak ...
Poor or slow healing. A badly broken collarbone might heal slowly or not all the way. Poor joining of the bones during healing can shorten the bone. A lump in ...
Osteoporosis can cause bones to become weak, brittle and prone to break. In addition to bone fractures, osteoporosis can cause bone pain, loss of height and ...
... problems related to weak bones: Children may not reach their full potential adult height. Adults may have low bone mass, which is a risk factor for osteoporosis ...
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