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Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis | Symptoms & Signs | Diagnosis & Tests | Prevention & Expectations | Treatment & Monitoring

What are the signs and symptoms of the condition?

Bone loss produces few symptoms but leads to reduced bone strength. Symptoms that may occur late in the disease include:

  • back pain
  • bone fracture, sometimes without any falling or trauma to the area
  • bone pain or tenderness
  • dentures that do not fit as well as they did before
  • kyphosis, a bending forward of the spine that creates a curvature known as dowager's hump
  • loss of height
  • neck pain

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    Author: Eva Martin, MD
    Reviewer: Melissa Sanders, PharmD
    Date Reviewed: 09/13/01



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