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Broken bones. vertebrae, loss of calcium, not diagnosed

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natalia40221
natalia40221

Hello I'm asking for help, we are losing hope. My sister, who is 54 years old since november 2017 has broken 11 vertebrae it was not caused by fall or some injury. To this day, doctors do not now how to diagnose the illness or find the cause. The calcium is losing and is not saving to the bones. The bone marrow, onkomarkers, histology are negative. She has highly positive ANA, osteoporosis and not defined focus of femur bone. She has positive scleroderma and systemic sclerosis. She is suffering from terrible pains and she is using only vitamin D- calcium and analgetics. I hope someone will help. Thank you.

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  • AlexandriaGizmo
    AlexandriaGizmo natalia40221

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    Hi Natalie it sounds horrendous, obviously her osteoporosis is pretty bad in her spine, if she's suffering with it so bad maybe she needs referring to a specialist spine consultant, it's true that your spine can fracture without cause if the spine is weak and brittle due to the osteoporosis.

    Their are medications out their that she can take but to be honest I'm personally not keen but maybe mines not so bad, my femure is my worst place

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