Question 1

what are the different bone diseases?

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Depends on age: SMalignant bone tumors begin in pre teens as PNET lesions ie Ewings sarcoma.  This progress with age to  osteogenic Sa .In older teens we see  osteogenic sarcoma.  Older people get enlarging lesions such as Pagets disease which converts to sarcoma.  Cartilagenous tumors can be congenital or isolated as parostoeal chondrosarcomas.  With many epithelial malgiancies tumors can spread to bone.

Question 2

what are some bone diseases or disorders?

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A lot of them : There are a lot of bone diseases/disorders known- from trauma,  inflammatory process, infections, autoimmune disease, degenerative disorder, benign tumor, malignancy, etc. 
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Question 3

what are the names of common bone diseases?

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Several: Osteoporosis, osteomalacia, paget's disease.

Question 4

what are they and describe several bone diseases?

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No short answer: There are literally hundreds of primary bone or systemic (whole body) disorders that can affect bone formation, metabolism, maintenance.  There are just as many benign and malignant tumors that can arise in or affect bone. Expertise in bone diseases crosses many specialties as well  quite a few textbooks.

Question 5

what is the definition or description of: bone diseases?

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See below: Any disease process that affects the skeletal system.  Some can be metabolic, such as osteoporosis; others can be infectious, inflammatory, traumatic, or congenital.

Question 6

how can paget's disease of bone be treated?

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See details: Mild cases may not require treatment. For the patients needing treatment, many of the meds used to treat osteoporosis will also treat pagets. I generally use Reclast (zoledronic acid) but there are other choices.

Question 7

what are bone diseases you can be born with?

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There are so many: Achondroplasia (dwarf), osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bones, fragilitas ossium)
osteopetrosis (marble bone disease, osteosclerosis) hereditary multiple exotosis (osteochondromatosis)  osteochondromatosis of radius and ulna. 
Osteochondromatosis of humerus. Cartilage-capped solitary osteochondroma of rib. Enchondromatosis (ollier's disease).

Question 8

what are the tests for paget's disease of bone?

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X-ray, alk phos, uri: X-rays, serum alkaline phosphatase, urine hydroxyproline may be abnormal.

Question 9

what are the symptoms of paget's disease of bone?

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Not very much to: Start.Most people who have paget's disease of bone experience no symptoms. When symptoms do occur, the most common complaint is bone pain.
Pelvis. Paget's disease of bone in the pelvis can cause hip pain.Skull. An overgrowth of bone in the skull can cause hearing loss or headaches.
And others see the link below.

Question 10

can paramyxoviruses cause paget's disease of bone?

Accepted Answer

No: Paget's is not caused by infectious agents including viruses.

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