| Paget's disease is a chronic bone | | | | can help alleviate pain and may halt the |
| disorder that is due to irregular | | | | damage done to your bones. |
| breakdown and formation of bone tissue. | | | | Calcitonin medicine that can help slow |
| Paget's disease can affect any bone, but | | | | bone loss and bone growth. It also can |
| usually affects the skull, the hip and | | | | relieve pain. Bisphosphonates are often |
| pelvis bones and bones in the legs and | | | | used to treat Paget's disease. Exercise |
| back. Paget's disease is also known as | | | | is very important in maintaining |
| osteitis deformans. Paget's disease can | | | | skeletal health, avoiding weight gain, |
| cause bones to expand and weaken and may | | | | and maintaining joint mobility. |
| result in bone pain, arthritis, bone | | | | Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs |
| deformity and fractures. Paget's disease | | | | may also be given. These are a type of |
| is rarely effected people under 40. Men | | | | medication that helps reduce pain and |
| and women are approximately equally | | | | swelling and decrease stiffness. In some |
| affected. The prevalence of Paget's | | | | cases, surgery is needed if the disease |
| disease ranges from 1.5 to 8% depending | | | | has caused a deformity or damaged a |
| on age and country of residence. The | | | | joint. Joint replacement surgery is most |
| prevalence of familial Paget's disease | | | | commonly used. Acetaminophen (Tylenol, |
| (where more than one family member has | | | | others) may provide some relief of your |
| the disease) ranges from 10 to 40% in | | | | pain. Patients with Paget's disease |
| different parts of the world. | | | | should receive 1000-1500 mg of calcium, |
| Paget's disease of bone is more common | | | | adequate sunshine, and at least 400 |
| in the UK than in anywhere else in the | | | | units of vitamin D daily. |
| world. Paget's disease is even more | | | | Paget's Disease Treatment Tips |
| common in Lancashire where up to 8 per | | | | 1. Calcium is a substance used by your |
| cent of people over 50 have the disease. | | | | body to build bones. |
| Symptoms of paget's diesase can include | | | | 2. Drink six to eight glasses of water |
| bone pain can occur in any bone affected | | | | or other fluid a day. |
| by paget's disease and is often worse at | | | | 3. Eat a well-balanced diet, and foods |
| night. It often localizes to areas | | | | rich in calcium. |
| adjacent to the joints and can be | | | | 4. Joint replacement surgery is most |
| accompanied by warmth to the touch. | | | | commonly used. |
| Increased head size, bowing of limb, or | | | | 5. Avoiding weight gain, and maintaining |
| curvature of spine -- may occur in | | | | joint mobility. |
| advanced cases. Hip pain may occur when | | | | 6. Exercise is very important in |
| paget's disease affects the pelvis or | | | | maintaining skeletal health. |
| thighbone. Headaches and hearing loss | | | | 7. Anti-inflammatory medicines such as |
| may occur when Paget's disease affects | | | | aspirin and ibuprofen used to reduce |
| the skull. Treatment for Paget's disease | | | | bone pain. |