ICD-10-CM Code H05.032

Information for Patients

Your bones help you move, give you shape and support your body. They are living tissues that rebuild constantly throughout your life. During childhood and your teens, your body adds new bone faster than it removes old bone. After about age 20, you can lose bone faster than you make bone. To have strong bones when you are young, and to prevent bone loss when you are older, you need to get enough calcium, vitamin D, and exercise. You should also avoid smoking and drinking too much alcohol.

Bone diseases can make bones easy to break. Different kinds of bone problems include

• Low bone density and osteoporosis, which make your bones weak and more likely to break
• Osteogenesis imperfecta makes your bones brittle
• Paget's disease of bone makes them weak
• Bones can also develop cancer and infections
• Other bone diseases, which are caused by poor nutrition, genetics, or problems with the rate of bone growth or rebuilding

NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases

• ALP - blood test (Medical Encyclopedia)
• ALP isoenzyme test (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Blount disease (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Bone lesion biopsy (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Bone pain or tenderness (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Bone tumor (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Bowlegs (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Fibrous dysplasia (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Osteomalacia (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Osteopenia - premature infants (Medical Encyclopedia)

Some eye problems are minor and don't last long. But some can lead to a permanent loss of vision.

Common eye problems include

• Refractive errors
• Cataracts - clouded lenses
• Optic nerve disorders, including glaucoma
• Retinal disorders - problems with the nerve layer at the back of the eye
• Macular degeneration - a disease that destroys sharp, central vision
• Diabetic eye problems
• Conjunctivitis - an infection also known as pinkeye

Your best defense is to have regular checkups, because eye diseases do not always have symptoms. Early detection and treatment could prevent vision loss. See an eye care professional right away if you have a sudden change in vision, if everything looks dim, or if you see flashes of light. Other symptoms that need quick attention are pain, double vision, fluid coming from the eye, and inflammation.

NIH: National Eye Institute

• Anisocoria (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Choroidal dystrophies (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Coloboma of the iris (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Episcleritis (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Eye and orbit ultrasound (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Eye burning - itching and discharge (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Eye pain (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Eye redness (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Fluorescein angiography (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Fluorescein eye stain (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Heterochromia (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Ophthalmoscopy (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Orbit CT scan (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Orbital pseudotumor (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Photophobia (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Pinguecula (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Pterygium (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Pupil - white spots (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Scleritis (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Slit-lamp exam (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Standard ophthalmic exam (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Subconjunctival hemorrhage (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Uveitis (Medical Encyclopedia)