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Is osteomalacia life threatening?
Depends on the current condition of the person affiliated with osteomalacia. Osteomalacia means, in latin, Condition of softening of the bones. So your areas of the body where osteomalacia is occurring is weaker and more prone to break easily. Which can lead to disabilty and can be life threatening due to some causes of osteomalacia such as, hypocalcemia or low-blood calcium levels. Hypocalcemia can lead to irregular heart beat and rhythym, which leads to heart failure. Other life-threatening complications can also be associated with osteomalacia.
Is bone tumor bone cyst hypophosphatasia osteomalacia haematopoiesis or osteoporosis a skeletal disorder?
Hypophosphatasia is a metabolic disorder that can cause skeletal deformities.
A vitamin D deficiency can cause this abnormal metabolic bone disease?
RICKETS is a disorder caused y a lack of vitamin D,calcium,or phosphate.
What is another name for rickets?
Osteomalacia
Is osteomalacia a symptom of hypophosphatemia?
Yes
Which bone is soft bone?
Osteomalacia
What is Softening of the bone is termed?
osteomalacia
What condition is also known as adult rickets?
It is known as Osteomalacia. I know because I have a genetic form of it. For more info you could search for x-linked hypophosphotemia.
What is difference of rickets and osteomalacia?
Rickets and osteomalacia are both conditions caused by a deficiency of vitamin D, which leads to softening or weakening of bones. Rickets occurs in children and is characterized by skeletal deformities, growth retardation, and muscle weakness. Osteomalacia occurs in adults and presents as bone pain, muscle weakness, and an increased risk of fractures.
What disease is called osteomalacia?
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Are osteomalacia osteoporosis and osteopenia the same?
It is not completely the same .
What is The medical term meaning softening of the bone ending in oma?
Osteomalacia (oste = bone + malacia = softening) is caused by the malabsorption or dietary deficiency of Vitamin D. -oma is a suffix referring to "growth" or "tumor". Tumor-induced osteomalacia (TIO) is generally called oncogenic osteomalacia. Osteoblastoma and fibroma-like tumors are two specific tumors that might cause bone softening. In Royal Pains season 2, episode Astraphabia the stormchaser Jamie Ray Newman has recurring fractions which are diagnosed as TIO.
