Paget's disease

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Medicine

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paget’s disease
a bone disease in which bone remodeling occurs too quickly
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stages of paget’s disease
overworking of the osteoclasts follower by hyperactivity of the osteoblasts
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signs of paget’s disease
bone pain mainly when lifting weight, local fever, increased CO that can cause heart failure, bow leg, increased ALP in the blood, increased hydroxyproline in the urine
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x-ray and biopsy
method of diagnosis of paget’s disease
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treatment of paget’s disease
anti osteoclast medication, bisphosphonates, calcium, vitamin d, cytotoxic antibiotics