Primary and Secondary Causes of Osteoporosis
Primary osteoporosis
- idiopathic juvenile osteoporosis
- postmenopausal osteoporosis
- senile osteoporosis
Secondary osteoporosis
Endocrine origin
- hypogonadism
- hypercortisolism (steroid medication. Cushing syndrome)
- hyperthyroidism
- hyperparathyroidism
- hyperprolactinemia
- diabetes mellitus
Gastrointestinal diseases
- chronic inflammatory bowel diseases
- malabsorption
- malnutrition
- primary biliary cirrhosis
- lactose intolerance
Bone marrow diseases
- multiple myeloma (plasmacytoma)
- diffuse bone metastases
Rheumatological and connective tissue diseases
- rheumatoid arthritis
- osteogenesis imperfecta
- Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
- Marfan syndrome
- homocystinuria
Other causes
- immobilization
- chronic alcoholism
- organ transplantation
- other
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