Bone necrosis

What is bone necrosis?

Bone necrosis, also called avascular necrosis is a disease resulting from the temporary or permanent loss of the blood supply to the bones. Without blood, the bone and tissue surrounding it dies, which causes the bone to deteriorate, often leading to collapse of a joint.

How do members experience bone necrosis?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with bone necrosis*

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Top treatments taken by people for bone necrosis*

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Who has bone necrosis on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 1
20s 9
30s 29
40s 73
50s 96
60s 106
70+ 49

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 104
Female 250
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