What is bone spurs?

A bone spur (osteophyte) is a bony growth formed on normal bone. It’s usually smooth, but it can cause wear and tear or pain if it presses or rubs on other bones or soft tissues such as ligaments, tendons, or nerves in the body.

How do members experience bone spurs?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with bone spurs*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for bone spurs*

Who has bone spurs on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 2
20s 7
30s 31
40s 96
50s 192
60s 195
70+ 93

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 78
Female 522

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What is bone spurs?

A bone spur (osteophyte) is a bony growth formed on normal bone. It’s usually smooth, but it can cause wear and tear or pain if it presses or rubs on other bones or soft tissues such as ligaments, tendons, or nerves in the body.



Common symptoms reported by people with bone spurs

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for bone spurs

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Compare treatments taken by people with bone spurs

Let’s build this page together! When you share what it’s like to have bone spurs through your profile, those stories and data appear here too.

Got a question about living with bone spurs? Members in the forum might have the answers.



Who has bone spurs on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 2 new patients joined this month
  • 60 say bone spurs is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 2
20s 7
30s 31
40s 96
50s 192
60s 195
70+ 93
Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom Proportion # of patients
0-19 years 23
20-29 years 38
30-39 years 77
40-49 years 91
50-59 years 42
60-69 years 10
70+ years 0

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 78
Female 522

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status Proportion # of patients
Diagnosed 383
Not Diagnosed 15

These charts show data from bone spurs patients who have completed their condition history
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