Symptoms of Osteomalacia

Symptoms of Osteomalacia

The list of signs and symptoms mentioned in various sources for Osteomalacia includes the 17 symptoms listed below:

• Weak bones
• Bone pain
• Spinal bone pain
• Pelvic bone pain
• Leg bone pain
• Muscle weakness
• Hypocalcemia - see symptoms of hypocalcemia
• Bowing legs
• Compressed veretebrae
• Pelvic flattening
• Fractures
• Easy fracturing
• Bone softening
• Bending of bones
• Pain
• Muscle weakness
• Bone fractures
• more information...»

Research symptoms & diagnosis of Osteomalacia:

• Overview -- Osteomalacia
• Diagnostic Tests for Osteomalacia
• Home Diagnostic Testing
• Complications -- Osteomalacia
• Doctors & Specialists
• Misdiagnosis and Alternative Diagnoses
• Hidden Causes of Osteomalacia
• Other Causes -- causes of these or similar symptoms

Osteomalacia: Complications

Review medical complications possibly associated with Osteomalacia:

• Fractures
• Hypocalcemia
• more complications...»

Diagnostic Testing

Diagnostic testing of medical conditions related to Osteomalacia:

• X-rays
• Blood tests
• Urine tests
• Tests for hypocalcemia
• more tests...»

Research More About Osteomalacia

Do I have Osteomalacia?

• Osteomalacia: Introduction
• Osteomalacia: Diagnostic Testing to confirm diagnosis
• Home Diagnostic Testing
• Alternative diagnoses and misdiagnosis for Osteomalacia
• Hidden Causes of Osteomalacia
• Treatments for Osteomalacia
• More about Osteomalacia

Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical tests related to Osteomalacia:

• Osteoporosis & Bone Health: Home Testing:
  • Home Osteoporosis Tests
  • Home Bone Loss Tests
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Wrongly Diagnosed with Osteomalacia?

The list of other diseases or medical conditions that may be on the differential diagnosis list of alternative diagnoses for Osteomalacia includes:

• Osteoporosis
• Hypophosphatemia
• Renal osteodystrophy
• Multiple myeloma
• Metastatic cancer
• more diagnoses...»

See the full list of 9 alternative diagnoses for Osteomalacia

Osteomalacia: Research Doctors & Specialists

• Bone, Joint and Orthopedic Specialists:
  • Orthopedic Surgery
  • Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine
  • Rheumatology (Arthritis / Joint Pain)
• more specialists...»

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More about symptoms of Osteomalacia:

More information about symptoms of Osteomalacia and related conditions:

• Other diseases with similar symptoms and common misdiagnoses
• Tests to determine if these are the symptoms of Osteomalacia
• Symptoms that may be caused by complications of Osteomalacia
• Underlying causes of Osteomalacia

Other Possible Causes of these Symptoms

Click on any of the symptoms below to see a full list of other causes including diseases, medical conditions, toxins, drug interactions, or drug side effect causes of that symptom.

• Bone fractures - see all causes of Fractures
• Bone pain - see all causes of Bone pain
• Bone softening - see all causes of Weak bones
• Bowing legs - see all causes of Leg symptoms
• Fractures - see all causes of Fractures
• Hypocalcemia - see all causes of Hypocalcemia
• Leg bone pain - see all causes of Leg pain
• Muscle weakness - see all causes of Muscle weakness
• Muscle weakness - see all causes of Muscle weakness
• Pain - see all causes of Pain
• Weak bones - see all causes of Weak bones

Medical Books Online about Osteomalacia

Medical Books Excerpts Excerpts of published medical book chapters related to Osteomalacia are available from published medical books for more detailed information about Osteomalacia.

Copyright notice for book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

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Symptoms of Osteomalacia: Online Medical Books

16 MEDICAL BOOKS ONLINE! Review excerpts from medical books online, free, without registration, for more information about the symptoms of Osteomalacia.

Rickets: Rickets - signs & symptoms
(The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult)

• Anomalies of osteoid tissue
• Skeletal deformities
• Growth disturbances
• Hypocalcemia
• Tetany
• Irritability
• Listlessness
• Generalized muscular weakness

» READ BOOK EXCERPT ONLINE »

Source: The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult, 2008

Osteomalacia as a Cause of Symptoms or Medical Conditions

When considering symptoms of Osteomalacia, it is also important to consider Osteomalacia as a possible cause of other medical conditions. The Disease Database lists the following medical conditions that Osteomalacia may cause:

• Alkaline phosphatase bone isoenzyme levels raised (plasma or serum)
• Birth hypoxia
• Bone pain
• Dystocia
• Foetal malposition
• Genu valgum
• Genu varum
• Hypocalcaemia
• Hypophosphataemia
• Myopathy
• Osteopenia
• Paresthesiae
• Pathological fracture
• Perinatal morbidity
• Periosteal reaction
• Proximal muscle weakness
• Proximal myopathy
• Sabre tibia
• Schmorl's nodes
• Short stature
• Skull bossing

Medical articles and books on symptoms:

These general reference articles may be of interest in relation to medical signs and symptoms of disease in general:

• Diagnostic Testing for a Diagnosis of Osteomalacia
• Research Alternative Diagnoses for Osteomalacia
• More about Osteomalacia
• Online Diagnosis
• Self Diagnosis Pitfalls
• Pitfalls of Online Diagnosis
• Symptoms of the Silent Killer Diseases
• Lesser known silent killer diseases
• Books on signs and symptoms

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About signs and symptoms of Osteomalacia:

The symptom information on this page attempts to provide a list of some possible signs and symptoms of Osteomalacia. This signs and symptoms information for Osteomalacia has been gathered from various sources, may not be fully accurate, and may not be the full list of Osteomalacia signs or Osteomalacia symptoms. Furthermore, signs and symptoms of Osteomalacia may vary on an individual basis for each patient. Only your doctor can provide adequate diagnosis of any signs or symptoms and whether they are indeed Osteomalacia symptoms.