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Fibrous Dysplasia

Fibrous Dysplasia. BY: Jerray Miller. What is it? . Fibrous Dysplasia is a bone disease that ruins the bone and replace the bone with fibrous bone tissue. Fibrous bone tiss u e is a connective tissue As the bone grow the softer the fibrous tissue expands, that makes the bone weaker.

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Fibrous Dysplasia

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  1. Fibrous Dysplasia BY: Jerray Miller

  2. What is it? • Fibrous Dysplasia is a bone disease that ruins the bone and replace the bone with fibrous bone tissue. • Fibrous bone tissue is a connective tissue • As the bone grow the softer the fibrous tissue expands, that makes the bone weaker

  3. Causes • You already have this disease before your born • It comes from somebody that is link to you with a gene mutation • No body knows what causes a gene mutation • It comes from your parents and it gets past down to the children

  4. Symptoms • Bone pain • Rare fractures • Difficulty walking • Bone sores • In some cases there are no symptoms

  5. Treatments • Bone graphing • Cast • Medial therapy • Wide excision surgery • Medications

  6. Prevalence • Rare disease • It affects less than 200,000 people in the US population

  7. Interesting Facts • You only get the disorder in your tibia, femur, pelvic, ribs, facial, humerus bone • Fibrous Dysplasia may show a few or no signs that you have it • The disorder signs and symptoms are more likely to develop in your teens or 20s

  8. Sources • http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/fibrous-dysplasia/DS00991 • http://www.bonetumor.org/tumors-fibrous-tissue/fibrous-dysplasia • http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Fibrous_dysplasia

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