Bone disease refers to any disease or injury that affects human bones. Diseases and injuries of bones are major causes of abnormalities of the human skeletal system.
Although physical injury causing fracture dominates over disease, the fracture is only one of several common causes of bone disease. Disease is, in fact, a common cause of fractures.
Bone diseases and injuries were formerly regarded as conditions that were more mechanical than metabolic. However, an improved understanding of the dual mechanical and chemical functions of bone has permitted a more integrated biological view of bone diseases.
Injury is a common cause of bone pain. Typically, this pain arises when a person goes through some form of trauma, such as a car accident or fall. The impact may break or fracture the bone. Any damage to the bone can cause bone pain.
To stay strong, your bones require a variety of minerals and vitamins, including calcium and vitamin D. A deficiency in calcium and vitamin D often leads to osteoporosis, the most common type of bone disease. People in the late stages of osteoporosis often have bone pain.
This is cancer that started somewhere else in the body but spread to other body parts. Cancers of the breast, lung, thyroid, kidney, and prostate are among the cancers that commonly spread to the bones.