Patient's question:
The other day on my way to work in the morning, sitting inside the bus, I heard a passenger next to me say that her husband had a disease called osteopetrosis. It sounds quite frightening, and I wanted to ask what the main characteristics of this disease are, so that I could take precautions in advance.Doctor's answer:
Osteoclast disease or osteoporosis is also known as marble bone disease, characterized by systemic osteosclerosis, abnormal bone formation, progressive anemia, hepatosplenomegaly, increased susceptibility to fractures, and often a family history. Most of them develop the disease from infancy,