Fractures
Fractures: Introduction
Fractures: Breakage of bones.
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Causes of Fractures:
The following medical conditions are some of the possible
causes of Fractures.
There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor
about your symptoms.
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Causes of Types of Fractures:
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Fractures: Symptom Checker
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Causes of General Symptom Types
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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Fractures
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Medical Books Excerpts
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Medical Books Excerpts
- Bone Cyst
- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
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- Suicidal Risk
- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
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Fractures: Undiagnosed Conditions
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Diagnostic tests for Fractures:
Various tests are used in the diagnosis of Fractures. Some of these are listed below :
- Physical examination
- Examine for signs of shock due to blood loss secondary to the fracture - e.g. pale skin and lips, cold clammy extremities, rapid pulse and low blood pressure.
- Examine for associated damage to brain, spinal cord or internal organs secondary to the fracture
- Examine for signs of a predisposing cause of the fracture - e.g. Paget's disease may have thickened bent lower legs with warm overlying skin, there may be bowing of the legs and enlarged skull.
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diagnostic tests for Fractures
Diagnosis Checklist: Questions your doctor may ask (and why!)
During a consultation, your doctor will use various techniques in their assessment of Fractures.
Your doctor may ask several questions when assessing
your condition. It is important to remember that your consultation is a two-way process and any extra information
you can share with your doctor about your symptoms may help them with their diagnosis.
Some of the questions your doctor may ask are listed below:
- Where is the fracture?
- Is there a history of trauma or injury? - If the injury was nil or minimal may suggest osteoporosis or pathological fracture due to bone tumor or bone metastases.
- What was the nature of the trauma or injury? - e.g. single traumatic incident or repetitive stress injury.
- Risks of osteoporosis? - e.g. female sex, thin build, family history, early menopause, smoking, chronic alcoholism, high caffeine intake, low calcium intake, intestinal malabsorption, physical inactivity, prolonged corticosteroid use, Cushing's syndrome, diabetes mellitus, hyperthyroidism, hyperparathyroidism, Acromegaly, chronic renal failure.
- Domestic violence or child abuse? - may suggest trauma as cause of fracture.
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Diagnosis Checklist: Associated symptoms your doctor may ask about (and why!)
Sometimes, other symptoms may be present and may help your doctor analyse
your condition.
The symptoms your doctor may ask about (in association with Fractures) may include:
- Pain, bruising and swelling? - are common symptoms of fractures, but they do not distinguish a fracture from a soft tissue injury.
- Deformity of the bone? - much more suggestive of a fracture, as compared to a soft tissue injury.
- Numbness of limb distal to fracture? - may suggest nerve injury secondary to fracture.
- Skin pallor or blueness of limb distal to fracture? - may suggest arterial injury secondary to fracture.
- If fracture of the spine or pelvis, is there any problem with urination? - may suggest urethral or bladder injury.
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Home Diagnostic Testing and Fractures
Home medical tests possibly related to Fractures:
- Osteoporosis & Bone Health: Home Testing:
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Stories from Users for Fractures
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Videos for Fractures
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Medications or substances causing Fractures:
The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins are some of the possible
causes of Fractures as a symptom.
Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using,
including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.
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medications causing Fractures
Organs affected by Fractures:
The list of organs typically affected by Fractures may include, but is not limited to:
Detailed list of causes of Fractures
The list below shows some of the causes of Fractures mentioned in various sources:
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causes of Fractures
How Common are these Causes of Fractures?
This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases,
not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Fractures.
Of the 137
causes of Fractures that
we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
- 1
causes are "very common" diseases
- 2
causes are "common" diseases
- 1
causes are "uncommon" diseases
- 2
causes are "rare" diseases
- 9
causes are "very rare" diseases
- 129
causes have no prevalence information.
See the analysis of the prevalence of 137
causes of Fractures
Conditions listing symptoms: Fractures:
The following list of conditions
have 'Fractures' 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.
A
Acid-Base Imbalance
... fracturesAdrenal Cortex Diseases
... fracturesAggressive systemic mastocytosis
... bone fracturesAlbers-Schonberg disease - Adult benign dominant form
... fracturesAlbers-Schonberg disease - intermediate form
... fracturesAlbers-Schonberg disease - malignant recessive form
... fracturesAluminium toxicity
... fracturesB
Back tumour
... fractures from minimal traumaBallard syndrome
... fracturesBlood cancer
... bone fractures from minimal traumaBone cancer
... fracturesBone dysplasia with medullary fibrosarcoma
... fracturesBone fragility, craniosynostosis, proptosis, hydrocephalus
... fracturesBrittle bone syndrome lethal type
... fracturesBruck syndrome
... fracturesBruck syndrome 1
... fracturesBruck syndrome, 2
... fracturesBrunzell syndrome
... fracturesC
Cervical Cancer
... Bone fractures.Chitty-Hall-Webb syndrome
... fracturesChronic Kidney Disease
... frequent bone fractures, bone fractures from minimal traumaCushing syndrome, familial
... fracturesCushing's syndrome
... spinal column fractures, fractures, rib fracturesD
Dennis-Fairhurst-Moore syndrome
... fracturesDialysis-related amyloidosis
... bone fracturesE
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome Type I
... fracturesEnchondromatosis-dwarfism-deafness
... fracturesEpidermal nevus - vitamin D resistant rickets
... fracturesF
Falls
... Bone fracturesFanconi renotubular syndrome
... fracturesFibromatosis multiple non ossifying
... fracturesFibrous Dysplasia
... fracturesFibrous dysplasia of bone
... fracturesG
Geroderma osteodysplastica
... fracturesGerodermia osteodysplastica
... fracturesGerodermia osteodysplastica hereditaria
... fracturesGerodermia osteodysplasticum
... fracturesGnathodiaphyseal dysplasia
... bone fracturesGorham's syndrome
... fracturesGracile bone dysplasia
... bone fracturesH
Hajdu-Cheney Syndrome
... fracturesHip cancer
... fractures from minimal traumaHodgkin's Disease
... fracturesHyper-IgE Syndrome
... fracturesHyperparathyroidism
... risk of fracturesHyperparathyroidism, primary
... fracturesHypophosphatasia
... rib fracturesHypophosphatemic rickets
... fracturesI
Infantile hypophosphatasia
... fracturesJ
Jaffe-Lichtenstein syndrome
... fracturesJuvenile osteoporosis
... Bone fractures., fracturesL
Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis
... bone fracturesLethal congenital contracture syndrome (LCCS)
... fracturesLethal congenital contracture syndrome 1
... fracturesLichstenstein syndrome
... fracturesLobstein disease
... fracturesM
McCune-Albright Syndrome
... fracturesMetaphyseal dysplasia Pyle type
... fracturesMetastatic bone cancer
... FracturesMultiple Myeloma
... fracturesMyopathy, limb-girdle, with bone fragility
... fracturesO
OI, Type I
... fracturesOncogenic osteomalacia
... fracturesOsteogenesis imperfecta
... fracturing easily, fracturesOsteogenesis imperfecta - congenital joint contractures
... fracturesOsteogenesis imperfecta Type I
... fracturesOsteogenesis imperfecta, Levin type
... fracturesOsteogenesis imperfecta, type 1A
... fracturesOsteogenesis imperfecta, type 1B
... fracturesOsteogenesis imperfecta, type 2
... fracturesOsteogenesis imperfecta, type 2A
... fracturesOsteogenesis imperfecta, type 4
... fracturesOsteogenesis imperfecta, type IIB
... fracturesOsteomalacia
... bone fractures, fracturesOsteopetrosis - renal tubular acidosis
... fracturesOsteopetrosis with renal tubular acidosis
... fracturesOsteopetrosis, autosomal recessive 4
... fracturesOsteopetrosis, intermediate form
... fracturesOsteoporosis
... fracturing easily, fracturesP
Paget's disease of bone
... fracturing easily, Fractures, vertebral fractureParathyroid Cancer
... FracturesParathyroid cancer, adult
... bone fracturesPerinatal hypophosphatasia
... fracturesPhosphate diabetes
... fracturesPregnancy-associated osteoporosis
... vertebral fracturesPrimary hyperoxaluria type 1
... fracturesProtein S acquired deficiency
... fracturesProximal spinal muscular atrophy
... fracturesPseudophosphatasia
... fracturesR
Rajab-Spranger syndrome
... fracturesRathburn disease
... fracturesRenal osteodystrophy
... bone fracturesRenal rickets
... fracturesS
Shaken Baby Syndrome
... broken bonesSphingolipidosis
... bone fracturesStanescu syndrome
... fracturesSubclinical hyperthyroidism
... fracturesT
Thick skull syndrome
... fractures
Conditions listing complications: Fractures:
The following list of conditions
have 'Fractures' or similar
listed as a 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.
A
Acroosteolysis dominant type
... fracturesB
Bone dysplasia Azouz type
... fracturesC
Chondroblastoma (benign)
... fracturesCrohn's disease
... fracturesCushing's syndrome
... fracturesD
Deficiency-induced osteoporosis
... FracturesDisuse osteoporosis
... Colles fracture, Vertebrae fractureDrug-induced osteoporosis
... FracturesE
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, arthrochalasic type
... fracturesElectrical burns
... bone fracturesF
Falls
... fracturesG
Gaucher Disease
... bone fracturesGaucher disease type 1
... bone fracturesGaucher disease type 2
... bone fracturesGaucher disease type 3
... bone fracturesGrowth Hormone Receptor Deficiency
... bone fracturesH
Hodgkin's Disease
... fracturesHyperdibasic aminoaciduria type 2
... fracturesHyperparathyroidism
... fracturesI
Idiopathic osteoporosis
... fracturesJ
Juvenile osteoporosis
... FracturesK
Koller syndrome
... fracturesL
Laron Dwarfism
... bone fracturesLaron Pituitary Dwarfism
... bone fracturesLaron Syndrome
... bone fracturesLaron Type Pituitary Dwarfism 1
... bone fracturesLaron-type Dwarfism Phenotypic Syndrome
... bone fracturesM
Maffucci Syndrome
... fracturesMenkes Disease
... fracturesMultiple Myeloma
... fractures, vertebral fractureN
Neuropathy, Hereditary Sensory, Type IV
... fracturesO
Ollier Disease
... fracturesOsteogenesis imperfecta
... fracturesOsteomalacia
... fracturesOsteopetrosis lethal
... fracturesOsteoporosis
... fractures, vertebrae fractureP
Paget's disease of bone
... fracturesPostmenopausal osteoporosis
... Colles fracture, Vertebrae fracturePrimary osteoporosis
... Colles fracture, vertebrae fractureProgressive Supranuclear Palsy
... fracturesS
Secondary osteoporosis
... Colles fracture, Vertebrae fractureSenile osteoporosis
... Colles fracture, vertebrae fractureStiff-Person Syndrome
... bone fracturesSub clinical hypothyroidism
... FracturesT
Thalassemia
... fracturesTrichorhinophalangeal syndrome type 2
... fracturesType I spinal osteoporosis
... Colles fracture, Vertebrae fracture
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Causes of Fractures Based on Risk Factors
This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Fractures based
on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient:
Travel - has the patient travelled recently?
Doctors and specialists: Who should I consult about Fractures?
Depending on the seriousness of the onset of Fractures, you may want to consult one of the following medical professionals.
Important:In extreme cases, always seek advice from emergency services :
Classifications of Fractures:
Subtypes of Fractures:
Vertebral fractures (2 causes)
Medical Conditions associated with Fractures:
Bone symptoms (645 causes)
Symptoms related to Fractures:
Weak bones (74 causes), Arm fracture, Hip fracture, Leg fracture, Ballard syndrome, Blood cancer, Bone cancer, Bone dysplasia with medullary fibrosarcoma, Bone fragility, Craniosynostosis, Proptosis (10 causes), Hydrocephalus (160 causes), Bone pain (199 causes), Adrenal Cortex Diseases, Aggressive systemic mastocytosis, Brittle bone syndrome lethal type, Bruck syndrome
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