Osteoporosis can cause toenails to fall off?

Dr. Alex Harris
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2025-05-22 21:10:08 Views: 44 times

Osteoporosis is a common disease in clinical practice. There are many reasons that may cause osteoporosis. The more common reason is caused by changes in hormones with age. Therefore, this type of osteoporosis is called primary osteoporosis. There is another case of osteoporosis, which is mainly caused by some diseases, such as hyperparathyroidism. Osteoporosis does not necessarily produce obvious clinical symptoms. If some symptoms occur, osteoporosis will be caused. These symptoms may be systemic pain, especially pain in the lower back. In addition, it may also show fractures of limbs and osteoporotic fractures of the thoracolumbar spine, which will cause a decrease in height. Under normal circumstances, it will not cause toenail shedding. Toenail shedding may be caused by malnutrition or trauma.

Osteoporosis can cause toenails to fall off?



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