Bone Diseases Summary Your bones help you move, give you shape and support your body. They are living tissues that rebuild constantly throughout your life. During childhood and your teens, your body adds new bone faster than it removes old bone. After about age 20, you can lose bone faster than you make bone. To have strong bones when you are young, and to prevent bone loss when you are older, you need to get enough calcium, vitamin D, and exercise. You should also avoid smoking and drinking too much alcohol. Bone diseases can make bones easy to break. Different kinds of bone problems include Low bone density and osteoporosis, which make your bones weak and more likely to break Osteogenesis imperfecta makes your bones brittle Paget’s disease of bone makes them weak Bones can also develop cancer and infections Other bone diseases, which are caused by poor nutrition, genetics, or problems with the rate of bone growth or rebuilding NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Encyclopedia Aging changes in the bones – muscles – joints Bone scan Bone x-ray Calcium blood test Craniotabes Hyperbaric oxygen therapy Joint x-ray McCune-Albright syndrome Orthopedic services Osteitis fibrosa Phosphorus blood test Pseudohypoparathyroidism Skeletal limb abnormalities Thoracic spine x-ray WBC scan X-ray – skeleton Diagnosis and Tests ALP (Alkaline Phosphatase) Test American Association for Clinical Chemistry Bone Biopsy Radiological Society of North America Bone Densitometry (Bone Density Scan) Array Bone Markers American Association for Clinical Chemistry Bone Scan Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research Bone X-Ray (Radiography) Array Calcium Test American Association for Clinical Chemistry Array ALP – blood test ALP isoenzyme test Blount’s disease Bone lesion biopsy Bone pain or tenderness Bone tumor Bowlegs Fibrous dysplasia Osteomalacia Osteopenia – premature infants Reference Desk Appendicular Skeleton National Cancer Institute Axial Skeleton National Cancer Institute Glossary National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases What Is Bone? National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Teenagers Blount Disease Nemours Foundation Related Issues Bone and Joint Problems Associated with Diabetes Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research Hyperparathyroidism American Academy of Family Physicians Oral Health and Bone Disease National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Specifics Bone Spurs Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research Bone Tumor American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Chondromyxoid Fibroma American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Fibrous Dysplasia National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Hypophosphatasia Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation Klippel-Feil Syndrome National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Osteochondritis Dissecans (OCD) American Academy of Family Physicians Osteochondroma (Bone Tumor) American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Osteomalacia Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research Osteopetroses Merck & Co., Inc. Proteus Syndrome Proteus Syndrome Foundation Start Here Bones, Muscles, and Joints: The Musculoskeletal System Nemours Foundation Health Check Tools Check Up On Your Bones National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Statistics and Research Childhood Forearm Breaks Resulting from Mild Trauma May Indicate Bone Deficits National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Clinical Trials ClinicalTrials.gov: Bone Diseases National Institutes of Health ClinicalTrials.gov: Osteomyelitis National Institutes of Health Genetics Genetics Home Reference: achondrogenesis National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: acromicric dysplasia National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: Adams-Oliver syndrome National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: atelosteogenesis type 1 National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: atelosteogenesis type 2 National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: atelosteogenesis type 3 National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: boomerang dysplasia National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: Buschke-Ollendorff syndrome National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: Caffey disease National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: campomelic dysplasia National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: Camurati-Engelmann disease National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: Cantú syndrome National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: CHST3-related skeletal dysplasia National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: Coats plus syndrome National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: cranioectodermal dysplasia National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: craniometaphyseal dysplasia National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: diastrophic dysplasia National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: fibrochondrogenesis National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: frontometaphyseal dysplasia National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: Ghosal hematodiaphyseal dysplasia National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: gnathodiaphyseal dysplasia National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: Greenberg dysplasia National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: Hajdu-Cheney syndrome National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: hereditary multiple osteochondromas National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: hypophosphatasia National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: intrauterine growth restriction, metaphyseal dysplasia, adrenal hypoplasia congenita, and genital anomalies National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: juvenile Paget disease National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: juvenile primary osteoporosis National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: Klippel-Feil syndrome National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: Kniest dysplasia National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: Langer mesomelic dysplasia National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: Langer-Giedion syndrome National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: Larsen syndrome National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: Léri-Weill dyschondrosteosis National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: Maffucci syndrome National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: Majeed syndrome National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: mandibuloacral dysplasia National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: McCune-Albright syndrome National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: Melnick-Needles syndrome National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: Miller syndrome National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: multicentric osteolysis, nodulosis, and arthropathy National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: multiple epiphyseal dysplasia National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: Nager syndrome National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: Ollier disease National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: osteopetrosis National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: osteoporosis-pseudoglioma syndrome National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: otopalatodigital syndrome type 1 National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: otopalatodigital syndrome type 2 National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: otospondylomegaepiphyseal dysplasia National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: platyspondylic lethal skeletal dysplasia, Torrance type National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: polycystic lipomembranous osteodysplasia with sclerosing leukoencephalopathy National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: Potocki-Shaffer syndrome National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: progressive osseous heteroplasia National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: Proteus syndrome National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: RAPADILINO syndrome National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: Rothmund-Thomson syndrome National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: Schimke immuno-osseous dysplasia National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: Schwartz-Jampel syndrome National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: SOST-related sclerosing bone dysplasia National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: spondylocarpotarsal synostosis syndrome National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: spondyloenchondrodysplasia with immune dysregulation National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: spondyloperipheral dysplasia National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: Stüve-Wiedemann syndrome National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: tarsal-carpal coalition syndrome National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: tetra-amelia syndrome National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: vitamin D-dependent rickets National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: Weissenbacher-Zweymüller syndrome National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: Weyers acrofacial dysostosis National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: Winchester syndrome National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: X-linked chondrodysplasia punctata 1 National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: X-linked chondrodysplasia punctata 2 National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: X-linked spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia tarda National Library of Medicine Prevention and Risk Factors Healthy Bones at Every Age American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Children Healthy Bones Matter National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases McCune-Albright Syndrome (MAS) National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Your Bones Nemours Foundation Find an Expert National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases National Institutes of Health Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases~National Resource Center National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Journal Articles Bone Diseases Living With Vitamin A and Bone Health National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
