Can you receive bone fractures from Osteo Arthritis?

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I have osteoarthritis and has undergone bi-lateral total hip replacements. I was at a follow-up appointment with my doctor and was complaining about pain in my right ankle and swelling of it. I was experiencing this trouble way before the surgeries and my doctor had it x-rayed and it shows old and new fractures.

Fractures may be a result of osteoporosis, not osteoarthritis. OA is a disease of the joints (specifically of the cartilage that lines the joints). It is not a bone disease although the wearing and thinning of cartilage can cause bone deformity, osteophytes, bone cysts around the joint.

Osteoporosis is a disease of the bones, causing them to become more porous, less dense, thus weaker, with a propensity to fracture easily.

Have any of your doctors suggested a bone density test?

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5 Comments on Can you receive bone fractures from Osteo Arthritis?

  1. sunshine_mel on Fri, 28th Nov 2008 5:50 pm

    2. the condition will gnerally mean you have weaker bones, so it's entirely possible that you've fractured them easily

    get your doctor to do a bone density scan
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  2. Magdalena K on Fri, 28th Nov 2008 6:15 pm

    3. No! No! No!
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  3. tikizgirl on Fri, 28th Nov 2008 6:24 pm

    4. Yes, because your bones are weaker.

    Hope you feel better soon.
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    I'mma nurse.

  4. Sanjeev on Fri, 28th Nov 2008 7:14 pm

    5. I don't think so as its related with the joints..(Pls do go for bone density test as a precaution)

    Osteo Arthritis commonly affects the hands, feet, spine, and the large weight bearing joints, such as the hips and knees, although in theory, any joint in the body can be affected. As OA progresses, the affected joints appear larger, are stiff and painful, and usually feel worse, the more they are used throughout the day, thus distinguishing it from rheumatoid arthritis
    In smaller joints, such as at the fingers, hard bony enlargements, called Heberden's nodes (on the distal interphalangeal joints) and/or Bouchard's nodes (on the proximal interphalangeal joints), may form, and though they are not necessarily painful, they do limit the movement of the fingers significantly. OA at the toes leads to the formation of bunions, rendering them red or swollen.
    OA is the most common cause of water on the knee, an accumulation of excess fluid in or around the knee joint.
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  5. Kraftee on Fri, 28th Nov 2008 7:21 pm

    6. Fractures may be a result of osteoporosis, not osteoarthritis. OA is a disease of the joints (specifically of the cartilage that lines the joints). It is not a bone disease although the wearing and thinning of cartilage can cause bone deformity, osteophytes, bone cysts around the joint.

    Osteoporosis is a disease of the bones, causing them to become more porous, less dense, thus weaker, with a propensity to fracture easily.

    Have any of your doctors suggested a bone density test?
    References :

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