Bone disease refers to the medical conditions which affect the
bone
A bone is a rigid organ that constitutes part of the skeleton in most vertebrate animals. Bones protect the various other organs of the body, produce red and white blood cells, store minerals, provide structure and support for the body, an ...
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Terminology
A bone disease is also called an "osteopathy", but because the term
osteopathy is often used to refer to an alternative health-care philosophy, use of the term can cause some confusion.
Bone and cartilage disorders
Osteochondrodysplasia is a general term for a disorder of the development of bone and cartilage.
List
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Ambe
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Avascular necrosis
Avascular necrosis (AVN), also called osteonecrosis or bone infarction, is death of bone tissue due to interruption of the blood supply. Early on, there may be no symptoms. Gradually joint pain may develop which may limit the ability to move. C ...
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Osteonecrosis
Avascular necrosis (AVN), also called osteonecrosis or bone infarction, is death of bone tissue due to interruption of the blood supply. Early on, there may be no symptoms. Gradually joint pain may develop which may limit the ability to move. C ...
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Arthritis
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Bone spur (Osteophytes)
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Craniosynostosis
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Coffin–Lowry syndrome
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Copenhagen disease
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Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva
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Fibrous dysplasia
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Fong disease (or
Nail–patella syndrome)
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Fracture
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Giant cell tumor of bone
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Greenstick fracture
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Gout
Gout ( ) is a form of inflammatory arthritis characterized by recurrent attacks of a red, tender, hot and swollen joint, caused by deposition of monosodium urate monohydrate crystals. Pain typically comes on rapidly, reaching maximal intens ...
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Hypophosphatasia
Hypophosphatasia (; also called deficiency of alkaline phosphatase, phosphoethanolaminuria, or Rathbun's syndrome; sometimes abbreviated HPP) is a rare, and sometimes fatal, inherited metabolic bone disease. Clinical symptoms are heterogeneous, ...
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Hereditary multiple exostoses
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Klippel–Feil syndrome
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Metabolic bone disease
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Multiple myeloma
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Nail–patella syndrome
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Osteitis
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Osteitis deformans
Paget's disease of bone (commonly known as Paget's disease or, historically, osteitis deformans) is a condition involving cellular remodeling and deformity of one or more bones. The affected bones show signs of dysregulated bone remodeling at the ...
(or
Paget's disease of bone)
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Osteitis fibrosa cystica (or
Osteitis fibrosa, or
Von Recklinghausen's disease of bone)
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Osteitis pubis
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Condensing osteitis (or
Osteitis condensas
Condensing osteitis is a periapical inflammatory disease that results from a reaction to a dental related infection. This causes more bone production rather than bone destruction in the area (most common site is near the root apices of premolars ...
)
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Osteochondritis dissecans
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Osteochondroma (bone tumor)
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Osteogenesis imperfecta
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Osteomalacia
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Osteomyelitis
Osteomyelitis (OM) is an infection of bone. Symptoms may include pain in a specific bone with overlying redness, fever, and weakness. The long bones of the arms and legs are most commonly involved in children e.g. the femur and humerus, while the ...
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Osteopenia
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Osteopetrosis
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Osteoporosis
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Porotic hyperostosis
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Primary hyperparathyroidism
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Renal osteodystrophy
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Salter–Harris fracture
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Scoliosis
Scoliosis is a condition in which a person's spine has a sideways curve. The curve is usually "S"- or "C"-shaped over three dimensions. In some, the degree of curve is stable, while in others, it increases over time. Mild scoliosis does not t ...
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Water on the knee
See also
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Osteoimmunology Osteoimmunology (όστέον, ''osteon'' from Greek, “bone”; ''immunitas'' from Latin, “immunity”; and λόγος, ''logos'', from Greek “study”) is a field that emerged about 40 years ago that studies the interface between the skeletal ...
References
External links
* https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/bonediseases.html
Musculoskeletal disorders
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