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Can severe osteoporosis in the neck cause the discs to collapse and make you lose height? and cause horrendous pain?

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Yes and no.: Severe pain in the neck could come from a collapsed vertebra or from a protruding disc irritating a nerve or the spinal cord. The osteoporosis doses not cause a disc to collapse. Xrays or MRI may help explain the pain.

Answered 6/10/2014

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