Understanding Rare Conditions: Café-au-Lait Spots and Osteoporosis in Teens
Coffee milk spots? Osteoporosis? Low parathyroid hormone? Dear Doctor, I developed café-au-lait spots on my right chest measuring over 40 square centimeters and hair growth (4-5 cm) at the age of 13. At 18, I was diagnosed with osteoporosis at a 2-3 degree level (with normal endo...
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Hello: Based on your symptom description, it does not strongly align with fibrous dysplasia. I recommend that you visit a hospital with an endocrinology subspecialty for further diagnosis and to confirm the underlying cause, so as not to delay your condition. (I apologize for the...[Read More] Understanding Rare Conditions: Café-au-Lait Spots and Osteoporosis in Teens
Finding Specialists for Osteogenesis Imperfecta in Central Taiwan
Congenital diseases I have a friend who has Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI). She previously received treatment at a medical center in the northern part of Taiwan, where she was prescribed calcium supplements and bisphosphonate medications, and had follow-ups regarding her previous s...
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As a physician specializing in genetics, I am quite familiar with other geneticists. Several medical centers in central Taiwan have geneticists who conduct research on Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI). At Taichung Veterans General Hospital, there are Dr. Hsu Shan-Ching and Dr. Hsu Ch...[Read More] Finding Specialists for Osteogenesis Imperfecta in Central Taiwan