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Lordosis

Lordosis: Introduction

Lordosis: Inward curvature of the spine. See detailed information below for a list of 97 causes of Lordosis, Symptom Checker, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Causes of Lordosis:

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Lordosis. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

• Achondroplasia
• Discitis
• Kyphosis
• Obesity
• Osteoporosis
• Spondylolisthesis
• Muscular dystrophies
• Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
• Larsen syndrome
• Sarcoglycanopathy
• Strudwick syndrome
• Williams syndrome
• Benign juvenile lordosis
• Becker muscular dystrophy
• Cohen syndrome
• Osteoarthritis
• Prolapsed disc
• Spinal arthritis
• Pregnancy
• more causes...»

See full list of 97 causes of Lordosis

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Causes of Types of Lordosis:

Review causes of types of Lordosis in more specific categories:

• Lordosis in children (10 causes)
• more types...»

See full list of 2 types for Lordosis

Lordosis: Symptom Checker

Listed below are some combinations of symptoms associated with Lordosis, as listed in our database. Visit the Symptom Checker, to add and remove symptoms and research your condition.

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• Lordosis and Back symptoms (91 causes)
• Lordosis and Skeletal symptoms (89 causes)
• Lordosis and Spine symptoms (87 causes)
• Lordosis and Musculoskeletal symptoms (72 causes)
• Lordosis and Bone symptoms (69 causes)
• Lordosis and Head symptoms (63 causes)
• Lordosis and Limb symptoms (59 causes)
• Lordosis and Face symptoms (58 causes)
• Lordosis and Developmental problems (55 causes)
• Lordosis and Leg symptoms (55 causes)
• Lordosis and Muscle symptoms (55 causes)
• Lordosis and Movement symptoms (53 causes)
• Lordosis and Body symptoms (52 causes)
• Lordosis and Growth symptoms (51 causes)
• Lordosis and Infant symptoms (48 causes)
• Lordosis and Nerve symptoms (48 causes)
• Lordosis and Poor growth (48 causes)
• Lordosis and Vertebra symptoms (42 causes)
• more...»

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Lordosis Treatments

Some of the possible treatments listed in sources for treatment of Lordosis may include:

• Postural correction
• Spinal brace
• Treatment of any underlying condition - such as spinal arthritis
• more treatments...»

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Stories from Users for Lordosis

Real-life user stories relating to Lordosis:

• Loss Of Lumbar Lordosis

Lordosis: Animations

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Lordosis: Comorbid Symptoms

Some of the comorbid or associated medical symptoms for Lordosis may include these symptoms:

• Back symptoms
• Skeletal symptoms
• Spine symptoms
• Musculoskeletal symptoms
• Bone symptoms
• Head symptoms
• Limb symptoms
• more associated symptoms...»

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Causes of General Symptom Types

Research the causes of these more general types of symptom:

• Spine symptoms (821 causes)
• Back symptoms (1093 causes)
• Skeletal symptoms (4109 causes)
• Bone symptoms (2907 causes)
• Musculoskeletal symptoms (6264 causes)
• Swelling symptoms (3730 causes)
• more symptoms...»

Causes of Similar Symptoms to Lordosis

Research the causes of these symptoms that are similar to, or related to, the symptom Lordosis:

• Spinal curvature
• Posture symptoms (96 causes)
• Kyphosis (247 causes)
• Achondroplasia
• Muscular dystrophies
• Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (2 causes)
• Larsen syndrome
• Sarcoglycanopathy
• Strudwick syndrome
• Williams syndrome
• Benign juvenile lordosis
• Becker muscular dystrophy
• Cohen syndrome
• more symptoms...»

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Definitions of Lordosis:

An abnormal inward (forward) curvature of the vertebral column
- (Source - WordNet 2.1)

Organs affected by Lordosis:

The list of organs typically affected by Lordosis may include, but is not limited to:

• Back
• Spine

Detailed list of causes of Lordosis

The list below shows some of the causes of Lordosis mentioned in various sources:

• 47,XXX syndrome - lordosis
• Achondroplasia - lordosis
• Acromesomelic dysplasia - lumbar lordosis
• Acromesomelic dysplasia, Maroteaux type - lordosis
• Acroosteolysis neurogenic - lordosis
• more causes...»

See full list of 97 causes of Lordosis

How Common are these Causes of Lordosis?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Lordosis. Of the 97 causes of Lordosis that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

• 3 causes are "very common" diseases
• 1 causes are "common" diseases
• 0 causes are "uncommon" diseases
• 2 causes are "rare" diseases
• 3 causes are "very rare" diseases
• 93 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 97 causes of Lordosis

Conditions listing medical symptoms: Lordosis:

The following list of conditions have 'Lordosis' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

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Symbols

• 47,XXX syndrome ... lordosis

A

• Achondroplasia ... lordosis
• Acromesomelic dysplasia ... lumbar lordosis
• Acromesomelic dysplasia, Maroteaux type ... lordosis
• Acroosteolysis neurogenic ... lordosis

B

• Bartenwerfer syndrome ... lordosis
• Becker Muscular Dystrophy ... Lumbar lordosis
• Bowing of long bones congenital ... lordosis

C

• Cartilage Hair Hypoplasia ... lumbar lordosis
• Cartilage-hair hypoplasia-like syndrome ... lumbar lordosis
• Chromosome 14q, proximal duplication ... lordosis
• Chromosome 15 inverted duplication ... lordosis
• Chromosome 9, trisomy 9p ... lordosis
• Cohen Syndrome ... lumbar lordosis
• Cold-induced sweating syndrome 2 ... lumbar lordosis

D

• Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy ... lordosis
• Dyggve-Melchior-Clausen Syndrome ... lordosis

E

• Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, classic type ... lordosis
• Emanuel syndrome ... lordosis
• Emerinopathy ... lordosis
• Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy, X-linked ... lumbar lordosis
• Enchondromatosis-dwarfism-deafness ... lordosis
• Epimetaphyseal skeletal dysplasia ... lordosis

G

• Glycogen storage disease type 2 ... lordosis
• Glycogenosis type 2 ... lordosis

H

• Hypochondroplasia ... lumbar lordosis
• Hypomelanosis of Ito ... lordosis
• Hypothyroidism -- dermoid cyst -- cleft palate ... lordosis

I

• Inclusion body myopathy associated with Paget disease of bone and frontotemporal dementia ... lumbar lordosis

J

• Jarcho-Levin Syndrome ... lordosis

K

• Kashin-Bek disease ... lordosis

L

• Larsen syndrome ... lordosis
• Leg absence -- deformity -- cataract ... lordosis
• Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2C ... lordosis
• Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2D ... lordosis
• Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2E ... lordosis
• Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2F ... lordosis
• Lipidosis with triglyceride storage disease ... lordosis

M

• McKusick type metaphyseal chondrodysplasia ... lumbar lordosis
• Mental retardation -- myopathy -- short stature -- endocrine defect ... lordosis
• Metaphyseal chondrodysplasia, recessive type ... lordosis
• Microbrachycephaly -- ptosis -- cleft lip ... lordosis
• Microcephaly -- cervical spine fusion anomalies ... lordosis
• Multicore disease ... lordosis
• Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2b ... lordosis
• Muscular Dystrophy ... lordosis
• Muscular dystrophy, Duchenne and Becker type ... lordosis
• Muscular dystrophy, limb-girdle, autosomal recessive, type 2E ... lordosis

N

• Nonkeratan-sulfate-excreting Morquio syndrome ... lordosis

O

• Osteochondrodysplatic dwarfism -- deafness -- retinitis pigmentosa ... lordosis

P

• Pelvic-shoulder dysplasia ... lordosis
• Platyspondylic lethal skeletal dysplasia, Torrance type ... lordosis
• Pompe disease ... Lordosis
• Pseudoachondroplasia ... lumbar lordosis
• Pseudoachondroplastic dysplasia 2 ... lordosis

R

• Rhizomelic dysplasia Patterson Lowry type ... lordosis

S

• Sandhaus Ben-Ami syndrome ... lordosis
• Sarcoglycanopathy ... lordosis
• Satoyoshi syndrome ... lordosis
• Short limb dwarf lethal, Mcalister Crane type ... lordosis
• Shprintzen omphalocele syndrome ... lordosis
• Skeletal dysplasia, San Diego type ... lordosis
• Sponastrime dysplasia ... lumbar lordosis
• Spondylocarpotarsal synostosis ... lordosis
• Spondyloenchondrodysplasia ... lumbar lordosis
• Spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia congenita, Iraqi ... lumbar lordosis
• Spondyloepimetaphyseal Dysplasia, Aggrecan Type ... lumbar lordosis
• Spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia, hypotrichosis ... lordosis
• Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia -- nephritic syndrome ... Lordosis
• Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia -- nephrotic syndrome ... lordosis
• Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia, congenita ... lumbar lordosis
• Spondylohypoplasia arthrogryposis popliteal pterygium ... lordosis
• Spondylohypoplasia, arthrogryposis and popliteal pterygium ... lordosis
• Spondylometaphyseal dysplasia with bowed forearms and facial dysmorphism ... lordosis
• Stiff-Person Syndrome ... lordosis
• Strudwick syndrome ... lordosis
• Superior mesenteric artery syndrome ... lordosis

T

• Taurodontism and disproportionate short stature ... lumbar lordosis
• Tel-Hashomer camptodactyly syndrome ... lordosis
• Thoracolimb dysplasia, Rivera type ... lordosis
• Trichodermodysplasia -- dental alterations ... lordosis
• Type II Glycogen Storage Disease ... Lordosis

V

• Verloes Van Maldergem Marneffe syndrome ... Lordosis
• Von Gierke disease IA ... lumbar lordosis

W

• Williams Syndrome ... lordosis

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Doctors and specialists: Who should I consult about Lordosis?

Depending on the seriousness of the onset of Lordosis, you may want to consult one of the following medical professionals.

Important:In extreme cases, always seek advice from emergency services :

• General practitioner
• Emergency physician
• Orthopaedic surgeon
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Classifications of Lordosis:

Medical Conditions associated with Lordosis:

Spine symptoms (821 causes), Back symptoms (1093 causes), Skeletal symptoms (4109 causes), Bone symptoms (2907 causes), Musculoskeletal symptoms (6264 causes), Swelling symptoms (3730 causes)

Symptoms related to Lordosis:

Spinal curvature, Posture symptoms (96 causes), Kyphosis (247 causes), Achondroplasia, Muscular dystrophies, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (2 causes), Larsen syndrome, Sarcoglycanopathy, Strudwick syndrome, Williams syndrome, Benign juvenile lordosis, Becker muscular dystrophy, Cohen syndrome

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