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Hunching

Hunching: Introduction

Hunching: Hunching or stooping posture symptoms. See free access online books about Hunching below. See detailed information below for a list of 12 causes of Hunching, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Causes of Hunching:

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Hunching. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

• Spinal disorder
• Osteoporosis
• Collapsed vertebra
• Paget's disease of bone
• Spinal TB
• Kyphosis
• Scoliosis
• Dowager's hump (see Deformity symptoms)
• Ankylosing spondylitis
• Parkinson's disease - stooping posture
• Rickets
• more causes...»

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Causes of Types of Hunching:

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• Hunched shoulders (6 causes)
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Hunching: Symptom Checker

Listed below are some combinations of symptoms associated with Hunching, as listed in our database. Visit the Symptom Checker, to add and remove symptoms and research your condition.

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• Hunching and Back symptoms (7 causes)
• Hunching and Spine symptoms (7 causes)
• Hunching and Back pain (6 causes)
• Hunching and Limb symptoms (6 causes)
• Hunching and Nerve symptoms (6 causes)
• Hunching and Weakness (6 causes)
• Hunching and Chest deformity (5 causes)
• Hunching and Pain (5 causes)
• Hunching and Posture symptoms (5 causes)
• Hunching and Sensations (5 causes)
• Hunching and Hunched shoulders (5 causes)
• Hunching and Bone pain (4 causes)
• Hunching and Hip symptoms (4 causes)
• Hunching and Joint symptoms (4 causes)
• Hunching and Kyphosis (4 causes)
• Hunching and Leg symptoms (4 causes)
• Hunching and Movement symptoms (4 causes)
• Hunching and Muscle symptoms (4 causes)
• Hunching and Muscle weakness (4 causes)
• Hunching and Face symptoms (4 causes)
• more...»

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Hunching Treatments

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Causes of General Symptom Types

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• Posture symptoms (85 causes)
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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Hunching

Research the causes of these symptoms that are similar to, or related to, the symptom Hunching:

• Shoulder symptoms (78 causes)
• Posture symptoms (85 causes)
• Spinal cord
• Kyphosis (226 causes)
• Scoliosis (440 causes)
• Spinal cord deformities
• Osteoporosis (266 causes)
• more symptoms...»

Diagnostic Guides for Hunching

Medical Books Excerpts Read excertps from published book sections related to Hunching from the following published medical books for more detailed information about Hunching. Free access (no registration): read all online diagnostic book sections about Hunching

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

Diagnostic tests for Hunching:

Various tests are used in the diagnosis of Hunching. Some of these are listed below :

• Physical examination
  • Examine for any spinal deformity such as scoliosis (spine is curved to the side and sometimes twisted) or thoracic kyphosis (excessive front curvature of the upper thoracic spine)
  • Examine for signs of Parkinson's disease such as lack of facial expression, bent over posture, few spontaneous movements, shuffling gait, lack of normal arm swinging with walking, pill-rolling tremor (where movement of the knuckles are combined with movements of the thumb), increase tone of limbs, monotonous speech
• Radiological investigations
  • Bone densitometry can predict an increased risk of osteoporosis
  • X-Ray of the entire spine, if suspect spinal deformity such as scoliosis or kyphosis
• more tests...»

See full list of 6 diagnostic tests for Hunching

Diagnosis Checklist: Questions your doctor may ask (and why!)

During a consultation, your doctor will use various techniques in their assessment of Hunching. 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:

• How long have you had problems with hunching? - to determine if childhood disorder or degenerative disorder with age.
• Risk factors for 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.
• Past medical history? - e.g. osteoporosis, Paget's disease of the bone, kyphosis, scoliosis, Parkinson's disease, Rickets . Scoliosis may be due to unknown causes or due to poliomyelitis, cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy or neurofibromatosis. Kyphosis may be associated with osteoporosis of the spine, ankylosing spondylitis and Scheuermann's disease.
• Medications? - a history of prolonged use of corticosteroids increases the risk of osteoporosis and resultant fractures.
• Family history? - e.g. osteoporosis.
• more questions...»

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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 Hunching) may include:

• Symptoms of Scheuermann's disease (adolescent kyphosis) - e.g. condition starts at puberty and is twice as common in girls than boys. The teenager becomes gradually more round-shouldered and may complain of backache and fatigue.
• Symptoms of osteoporosis? - e.g. may have acute back pain due to vertebral compression fractures, may develop a progressive kyphosis (becomes more round shouldered and has a Dowager's hump), fractures with minimal trauma.
• Symptoms of Parkinson's disease? - e.g. stooping posture, coarse hand tremor most marked at rest, rigidity of limbs, slowness in initiating and executing movements and speech, expressionless mask-like face and dementia (in later stages).
• more symptoms...»

See Diagnosis Checklist for Hunching (8 listings)

Stories from Users for Hunching

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Organs affected by Hunching:

The list of organs typically affected by Hunching may include, but is not limited to:

• Shoulders

Detailed list of causes of Hunching

The list below shows some of the causes of Hunching mentioned in various sources:

• Ankylosing spondylitis
• Collapsed vertebra
• Dermatocardioskeletal syndrome, Boronne type - hunched shoulders
• Dowager's hump
• Kyphosis - hunching
• more causes...»

See full list of 12 causes of Hunching

How Common are these Causes of Hunching?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Hunching. Of the 12 causes of Hunching that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

• 1 causes are "very common" diseases
• 2 causes are "common" diseases
• 2 causes are "uncommon" diseases
• 0 causes are "rare" diseases
• 0 causes are "very rare" diseases
• 9 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 12 causes of Hunching

Conditions listing symptoms: Hunching:

The following list of conditions have 'Hunching' 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.

D

Dermatocardioskeletal syndrome, Boronne type ... hunched shoulders

K

Kyphosis ... hunching

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Doctors and specialists: Who should I consult about Hunching?

Depending on the seriousness of the onset of Hunching, you may want to consult one of the following medical professionals.

Important:In extreme cases, always seek advice from emergency services :

• General practitioner
• Emergency physician
• Orthopaedic surgeon
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Classifications of Hunching:

Subtypes of Hunching:

Hunched shoulders (1 cause)

Medical Conditions associated with Hunching:

Posture symptoms (84 causes)

Symptoms related to Hunching:

Shoulder symptoms (77 causes), Posture symptoms (84 causes), Spinal cord, Kyphosis (147 causes), Scoliosis (354 causes), Spinal cord deformities, Osteoporosis (181 causes)

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