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  2. Bone disease - Wikipedia

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    Bone disease refers to the medical conditions which affect the bone. [1] Terminology. A bone disease is also called an "osteopathy ", but because the term osteopathy ...

  3. Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva - Wikipedia

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    Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (/ ˌ f aɪ b r oʊ d ɪ ˈ s p l eɪ ʒ (i) ə ɒ ˈ s ɪ f ɪ k æ n z p r ə ˈ ɡ r ɛ s ɪ v ə /; [1] abbr. FOP), also called Münchmeyer disease or formerly myositis ossificans progressiva, is an extremely rare connective tissue disease in which fibrous connective tissue such as muscle, tendons, and ligaments turn into bone tissue (ossification).

  4. Bone pain - Wikipedia

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    A number of diseases can cause bone pain, including the following: Endocrine, such as hyperparathyroidism, osteoporosis, kidney failure. [7]Gastrointestinal or systemic, such as celiac disease and non-celiac gluten sensitivity (both often occur without obvious digestive symptoms), inflammatory bowel disease (including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis).

  5. Osteogenesis imperfecta - Wikipedia

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    Osteogenesis imperfecta (IPA: / ˌ ɒ s t i oʊ ˈ dʒ ɛ n ə s ɪ s ˌ ɪ m p ɜːr ˈ f ɛ k t ə /; [4] OI), colloquially known as brittle bone disease, is a group of genetic disorders that all result in bones that break easily. [1]: 85 [9] The range of symptoms—on the skeleton as well as on the body's other organs—may be mild to severe.

  6. Osteosclerosis - Wikipedia

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    Osteosclerosis is a disorder characterized by abnormal hardening of bone and an elevation in bone density. It may predominantly affect the medullary portion and/or cortex of bone. Plain radiographs are a valuable tool for detecting and classifying osteosclerotic disorders. [1] [2] It can manifest in localized or generalized osteosclerosis.

  7. Bone health - Wikipedia

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    Too much stress on the bones could cause BMD to decrease. Low BMD is dangerous because it can cause disorders inside the bone as the children grow and get older. These disorders can cause the bone to ossify, become brittle, fragile, more easily prone to fractures, and weak. Some of these disorders include osteopenia, osteoporosis, and scoliosis ...

  8. Bone - Wikipedia

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    A number of diseases can affect bone, including arthritis, fractures, infections, osteoporosis and tumors. Conditions relating to bone can be managed by a variety of doctors, including rheumatologists for joints, and orthopedic surgeons, who may conduct surgery to fix broken bones.

  9. Osteomalacia - Wikipedia

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    Osteomalacia is a disease characterized by the softening of the bones caused by impaired bone metabolism primarily due to inadequate levels of available phosphate, calcium, and vitamin D, or because of resorption of calcium. The impairment of bone metabolism causes inadequate bone mineralization.

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