brittle bone disease
Bones break easily
Brittle bone disease is a genetic disorder causing bones to fracture easily, sometimes from minimal trauma or no apparent cause.
The medical term is osteogenesis imperfecta.
Severity ranges widely—some people experience only occasional fractures, while others have hundreds throughout life.
The baby was diagnosed with brittle bone disease after multiple unexplained fractures.
- fracturesBreaks in rigid material
- genetic disorderAbnormality in inherited code
- collagenStructural body protein
- mutationPermanent DNA alteration
- osteoporosisDisease weakening skeletal structure
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- bone disordersosteoporosis, rickets, bone fracture, broken bone, bone loss
- Collagen Disorders
- skeletal disordersrickets, hip dysplasia, bone spurs, scoliosis