| Paget's disease is a metabolic bone disease, occurring | | | | Paget's disease is uncommon in people younger than |
| in the middle aged and elderly peoples. The other | | | | 40 years of age. It is more common as people age. |
| name of Paget's disease is osteitis deformans. It is a | | | | There are no known ways to prevent Paget's |
| chronic condition in which both the breakdown and | | | | disease from occurring. Eating a healthy diet with |
| formation of bone tissue are increased, which result | | | | sufficient calcium and vitamin D and getting exercise |
| in deformity. It is most frequently occur in the pelvic | | | | are important components in maintaining skeletal |
| and leg bones, skull, and lower spine. It may lead to | | | | health and joint mobility. |
| bone pain, deformities, and fractures. Paget's disease | | | | Paget's disease causes bones to grow too large and |
| may be caused by a "slow virus" infection, present | | | | weak. You can have Paget's disease in any bones in |
| for many years before symptoms appear. There is | | | | your body, but most people have it in their spine, |
| also a hereditary factor since the disease may appear | | | | pelvis, skull, or leg bones. The disease may affect |
| in more than one family member. | | | | only one bone or several bones, but it does not |
| Paget's disease may affect only one or two areas of | | | | affect the entire skeleton. Bones with Paget's disease |
| your body, or may be widespread. Paget's disease | | | | may break more easily, and the disease can lead to |
| tends to appear in families. It can be present in as | | | | other health problems. |
| many as 25 percent to 40 percent of the relatives | | | | Paget's disease, also called osteitis deformans, is a |
| of someone with the disease. It is also more | | | | chronic bone disorder in which there is abnormal bone |
| common in people of Anglo-Saxon descent. Many | | | | remodeling (the process of bone breakdown and |
| patients do not know they have Paget's disease | | | | rebuilding). With Paget's disease, bone is broken down |
| because they have a mild case with no symptoms. | | | | more quickly, and is then replaced with softer, more |
| Sometimes, symptoms may be confused with those | | | | porous bone. As a result, affected bones become |
| of arthritis or other disorders. | | | | thicker, weaker, and deformed. It usually affects the |
| Paget's disease of bone causes your bones to grow | | | | bones of the skull, pelvis, collarbone, spine, and legs. |
| larger and weaker than normal. They also might | | | | Healthy bone tissue has an ordered structure that |
| break easily. The disease can lead to other health | | | | gives the bone its strength. Bones affected by |
| problems, too, such as arthritis and hearing loss. You | | | | Paget's disease, however, have a structure that is |
| can have Paget's disease in any bone, but it is most | | | | disorganized. This disorganized structure weakens the |
| common in the spine, pelvis, skull and legs. The | | | | diseased bone and makes people suffering from this |
| disease might affect one or several bones, but not | | | | disease more likely to have fractures. These |
| your entire skeleton. More men than women have | | | | fractures are slow to heal. |
| the disease. It is most common in older people. | | | | |