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Weak bones:

Weak bones: Introduction

Weak bones: Weakening of the bones. See detailed information below for a list of 100 causes of Weak bones, Symptom Checker, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Causes of Weak bones:

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

Low bone mass
Osteoporosis
Osteomalacia
Rickets
Paget's disease of bone
Bone atrophy (see Bone symptoms) - from inactivity
Bone tumor
Bone cancer
Brittle bone disease
Osteogenesis imperfecta congenita
Osteogenesis imperfecta tarda
Osteopetrosis
Osteogenesis imperfecta
Vitamin D deficiency
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Home Diagnostic Testing and Weak bones

Home medical tests possibly related to Weak bones:

Osteoporosis & Bone Health: Home Testing:
- Home Osteoporosis Tests
- Home Bone Loss Tests
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Causes of Types of Weak bones:

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Bone loss (23 causes)
Bone thinning (19 causes)
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Weak bones: Symptom Checker

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Stories from Users for Weak bones

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Weak bones: Comorbid Symptoms

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

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Causes of General Symptom Types

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Bone symptoms (2907 causes)
Weakness (3752 causes)
Skeletal symptoms (4109 causes)
Musculoskeletal symptoms (6264 causes)
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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Weak bones

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Weak bones: Deaths

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Misdiagnosis and Weak bones

Alzheimer's disease over-diagnosed: The well-known disease of Alzheimer's disease is often over-diagnosed. Patients tend to assume that any memory loss or forgetulness symptom might be...read more »

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Tremor need not be Parkinson's disease: There is the tendency to believe that any tremor symptom, or shakiness, means Parkinson's disease....read more »

Rare diseases misdiagnosed as Parkinson's disease: A rare genetic disorder is often misdiagnosed as Parkinson's disease for men in their 50's. The disease ...read more »

Female athlete syndrome leads to undiagnosed osteoporosis: Younger women are not usually considered as candidates for diagnosis of osteoporosis. However, a pattern of three conditions can occur in female athletes: disordered eating, amenhorrhea, and bone loss (...read more »

Vitamin B12 deficiency under-diagnosed: The condition of Vitamin B12 deficiency is a possible misdiagnosis of various conditions, such as multiple sclerosis (see symptoms of multiple sclerosis). See symptoms of Vitamin B12 deficiency or misdiagnosis of...read more »

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Weak bones: Research Related Doctors & Specialists

Bone, Joint and Orthopedic Specialists:
Senior Health Specialists (Geriatrics):
- Geriatric Medicine (Senior Health Specialist)
- Geriatric Psychiatry (Senior Mental Health)
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Weak bones: Related Rare Diseases

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Weak bones: Undiagnosed Conditions

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Organs affected by Weak bones:

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

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Detailed list of causes of Weak bones

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

Acroosteolysis neurogenic - bone degeneration in legs
Adrenal Cortex Diseases - weak bones
Adult hypophosphatasia - bone softening
Allison atrophy - weak bones
Alpha-Mannosidosis - weak bones
Anorexia Nervosa - bone loss
Arterial occlusive disease, progressive -- hypertension -- heart defects -- bone fragility -- brachysyndactyly - fragile bones
Autoimmune Lymphoproliferative Syndrome - Thinning bones
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How Common are these Causes of Weak bones?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Weak bones. Of the 100 causes of Weak bones that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

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

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Conditions listing medical symptoms: Weak bones:

The following list of conditions have 'Weak bones' 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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A

Acroosteolysis neurogenic ... bone degeneration in legs, bone degeneration
Adrenal Cortex Diseases ... weak bones
Adult hypophosphatasia ... bone softening
Allison atrophy ... weak bones
Alpha-Mannosidosis ... weak bones
Anorexia Nervosa ... bone loss
Arterial occlusive disease, progressive -- hypertension -- heart defects -- bone fragility -- brachysyndactyly ... fragile bones

B

Biliary cirrhosis ... bone thinning
Bone cancer ... weakened bones
Bone fragility, craniosynostosis, proptosis, hydrocephalus ... fragile bones
Brittle bone syndrome lethal type ... brittle bones
Bruck syndrome ... brittle bones
Bruck syndrome 1 ... brittle bones
Bruck syndrome, 2 ... brittle bones

C

Calcium deficiency ... weak bones
Calvarial doughnut lesions -- bone fragility ... weak bones
Chemical poisoning -- Aluminum ... bone softening
Chemical poisoning -- Ammonium Bifluoride ... brittle bones
Chitty-Hall-Webb syndrome ... weak bones
Christian-Demyer-Franken syndrome ... weak bones, thin bones
Cushing syndrome, familial ... weak bones
Cushing's disease ... Weak bones, Brittle bones
Cushing's syndrome ... weak bones, brittle bones

D

Decreased serum phosphate ... weak bones
Dent-Friedman syndrome ... fragile bones
Dentinogenesis imperfecta, type I ... brittle bones
Dwarfism -- thin bones -- multiple fractures ... thin bones
Dyskeratosis Congenita ... fragile bones

F

Familial Expansile Osteolysis ... fragile bones
Fibrous dysplasia of bone ... brittle bones

G

Gaucher Disease ... skeleton weakening
Gnathodiaphyseal dysplasia ... fragile bones
Grange syndrome ... fragile bones
Grix-Blankenship-Peterson syndrome ... weakened bones

H

Hodgkin's Disease ... tendency to fracture easily
Hodgkin's disease, adult ... tendency to fracture easily
Hodgkin's disease, childhood ... tendency to fracture easily
Hyper-IgE Syndrome ... thin bones
Hyperhomocysteinemia ... bone loss
Hyperparathyroidism ... thinning bones
Hypervitaminoses A and D ... fragile bones
Hypophosphatemic rickets ... bone thinning, bone softening

I

Infantile hypophosphatasia ... weak bones

L

Lobstein disease ... fragile bones

M

Medication induced osteoporosis ... weak bones
Megarbane-Jalkh Syndrome ... fragile bones
Metabolic disorders ... weak bones
Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 ... bone thinning
Multiple Myeloma ... weak bones, bone thinning
Multiple pterygium syndrome lethal type ... thin bones

N

Neuropathy ... Bone degeneration

O

Osteogenesis imperfecta ... brittle bones
Osteogenesis imperfecta -- congenital joint contractures ... brittle bones
Osteogenesis imperfecta Type I ... fragile bones
Osteogenesis imperfecta type IV ... Fragile bones
Osteogenesis imperfecta, Levin type ... brittle bones
Osteogenesis imperfecta, type 1A ... fragile bones
Osteogenesis imperfecta, type 1B ... fragile bones
Osteogenesis imperfecta, type 3 ... fragile bones
Osteogenesis imperfecta, type 4 ... fragile bones
Osteogenesis imperfecta, type 5 ... fragile bones
Osteogenesis imperfecta, type 6 ... fragile bones
Osteogenesis imperfecta, Type VI ... Fragile bones
Osteomalacia ... weak bones, bone softening
Osteopetrosis ... brittle bones
Osteopetrosis autosomal dominant type 2 ... fragile bones
Osteopetrosis lethal ... fragile bones
Osteopetrosis, intermediate form ... brittle bones
Osteoporosis ... weak bones, thin bones, brittle bones
Osteoporosis-pseudoglioma syndrome ... brittle bones

P

Panostotic fibrous dysplasia ... fragile bones
Parastremmatic dwarfism ... decreased bone density
Peripheral neuropathy ... bone degeneration
Pituitary cancer, childhood ... weakened bones
Pituitary tumors, adult ... weakened bones
Pseudophosphatasia ... weak bones

R

Renal osteodystrophy ... weak bones, thin bones
Renal rickets ... weak bones

S

Salvioli syndrome ... brittle bones
Secondary Biliary Cirrhosis ... bone thinning
Secondary hyperparathyroidism ... weak bones

T

Thick skull syndrome ... fragile bones

W

Weak bones similar to that of osteogenesis imperfecta ... weak bones
Wilson's Disease ... bone thinning

Conditions listing medical complications: Weak bones:

The following list of medical conditions have Weak bones or similar listed as a medical complication in our database. The distinction between a symptom and complication is not always clear, and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.