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Is it possible for someone as young as 18 to have vertebral compression fracture?
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Yes: Some medical conditions and medications can weaken the bone prematurely, leading to fracture. Trauma can cause fractures at any age.
Answered 5/4/2018
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Sure: Young hard bone can break but requires more force, big fallfs and mva's low energy osteoporotic fractures are treated differently than high energy comp frx.
Answered 1/24/2012
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