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Causes of Weak bones

This section discusses 90 medical conditions causing Weak bones. A simple discussion of these causes with additional information is below.

Causes of Weak bones:

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

Conditions listing medical symptoms: Weak bones:

The following list of conditions have 'Weak bones' 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

  • Acroosteolysis neurogenic ... bone degeneration in legs, bone degeneration
  • Adrenal Cortex Diseases ... weak bones
  • Adult hypophosphatasia ... bone softening
  • Allison atrophy ... weak bones
  • Anorexia Nervosa ... bone loss
  • Arterial occlusive disease, progressive - hypertension - heart defects - bone fragility - brachysyndactyly ... fragile bones

    B

  • Biliary cirrhosis ... bone thinning
  • Bone cancer ... weakened bones
  • Bone fragility, craniosynostosis, proptosis, hydrocephalus ... fragile bones
  • Brittle bone syndrome lethal type ... brittle bones
  • Bruck syndrome ... brittle bones
  • Bruck syndrome 1 ... brittle bones
  • Bruck syndrome, 2 ... brittle bones

    C

  • Calvarial doughnut lesions - bone fragility ... weak bones
  • Chemical poisoning - Aluminum ... bone softening
  • Chemical poisoning - Ammonium Bifluoride ... brittle bones
  • Chitty-Hall-Webb syndrome ... weak bones
  • Christian-Demyer-Franken syndrome ... weak bones, thin bones
  • Chronic Kidney Disease ... bone weakness
  • Cushing syndrome, familial ... weak bones
  • Cushing's syndrome ... brittle bones, weak bones

    D

  • Dent-Friedman syndrome ... fragile bones
  • Dentinogenesis imperfecta, type I ... brittle bones
  • Dwarfism - thin bones - multiple fractures ... thin bones
  • Dyskeratosis Congenita ... fragile bones

    F

  • Fibrous dysplasia of bone ... brittle bones

    G

  • Gaucher Disease ... skeleton weakening
  • Gnathodiaphyseal dysplasia ... fragile bones
  • Grange syndrome ... fragile bones
  • Grix-Blankenship-Peterson syndrome ... weakened bones

    H

  • Hodgkin's Disease ... tendency to fracture easily
  • Hodgkin's disease, adult ... tendency to fracture easily
  • Hodgkin's disease, childhood ... tendency to fracture easily
  • Hutchinson Gilford Syndrome ... bone weakness
  • Hyper-IgE Syndrome ... thin bones
  • Hyperhomocysteinemia ... bone loss
  • Hyperparathyroidism ... thinning bones
  • Hypophosphatemic rickets ... bone softening, bone thinning

    I

  • Infantile hypophosphatasia ... weak bones

    L

  • Lobstein disease ... fragile bones

    M

  • Metabolic disorders ... weak bones
  • Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 ... bone thinning
  • Multiple Myeloma ... bone thinning, weak bones
  • Multiple pterygium syndrome lethal type ... thin bones

    N

  • Neuropathy ... Bone degeneration

    O

  • Osteogenesis imperfecta ... brittle bones
  • Osteogenesis imperfecta - congenital joint contractures ... brittle bones
  • Osteogenesis imperfecta Type I ... fragile bones
  • Osteogenesis imperfecta, Levin type ... brittle bones
  • Osteogenesis imperfecta, type 1A ... fragile bones
  • Osteogenesis imperfecta, type 1B ... fragile bones
  • Osteogenesis imperfecta, type 3 ... fragile bones
  • Osteogenesis imperfecta, type 4 ... fragile bones
  • Osteogenesis imperfecta, type 5 ... fragile bones
  • Osteogenesis imperfecta, type 6 ... fragile bones
  • Osteomalacia ... bone softening, weak bones
  • Osteopetrosis ... brittle bones
  • Osteopetrosis autosomal dominant type 2 ... fragile bones
  • Osteopetrosis lethal ... fragile bones
  • Osteopetrosis, intermediate form ... brittle bones
  • Osteoporosis ... brittle bones, thin bones, weak bones
  • Osteoporosis-pseudoglioma syndrome ... brittle bones

    P

  • Panostotic fibrous dysplasia ... fragile bones
  • Parastremmatic dwarfism ... decreased bone density
  • Peripheral neuropathy ... bone degeneration
  • Pituitary cancer, childhood ... weakened bones
  • Pituitary tumors, adult ... weakened bones
  • Pseudophosphatasia ... weak bones

    R

  • Renal osteodystrophy ... weak bones, thin bones
  • Renal rickets ... weak bones

    S

  • Salvioli syndrome ... brittle bones
  • Secondary Biliary Cirrhosis ... bone thinning

    T

  • Thick skull syndrome ... fragile bones

    W

  • Wilson's Disease ... bone thinning

    Conditions listing medical complications: Weak bones:

    The following list of medical conditions have 'Weak bones' or similar listed as a medical complication in our database. This computer-generated list of complications may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

    A

  • Autoimmune Lymphoproliferative Syndrome ... Thinning bones

    J

  • Juvenile hyaline fibromatosis ... bone degeneration

    K

  • Kidney conditions ... bone thinning
  • Kidney disease ... bone thinning

    M

  • Medullary cystic kidney disease ... fragile bones
  • Medullary cystic kidney disease, dominant ... fragile bones

    N

  • Nephronophthisis, autosomal dominant ... fragile bones

    O

  • Osteitis ... bone weakness

    R

  • Renal osteodystrophy ... thin bones

    More Information About Weak bones

    List of 90 causes of Weak bones

    This section shows a full list of all the diseases and conditions listed as a possible cause of Weak bones in our database from various sources.

    Drug side effect causes of Weak bones

    The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins may possibly cause Weak bones as a side effect.

    • Minims Prednisolone
    • Panafcortelone
    • Predmix
    • Predsol
    • Redipred
    [See detailed list of 22 drug side effect causes of Weak bones]

    Medical Textbooks about Weak bones

    Free online access to excerpts without registration is available to view excerpts from medical textbooks about the causes and diagnosis of Weak bones. Refer to our list of medical textbooks discussions about Weak bones (Free online access to book excerpts, no registration).

    Medical Books Excerpts
    • Osteoporosis
    • "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)" (2005)
    • Bone Cyst
    • "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
     

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