What is broken spine (vertebral fracture)?

Spinal fractures can occur in the thoracic (midback), lumbar (lower back) or cervical (upper back) regions of the spine. A breakage of the spinal vertebrae may be due to trauma or osteoporosis.

How do members experience broken spine (vertebral fracture)?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with broken spine (vertebral fracture)*

*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 broken spine (vertebral fracture)*

Who has broken spine (vertebral fracture) on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 1
20s 3
30s 36
40s 48
50s 86
60s 99
70+ 68

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 106
Female 226

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What is broken spine (vertebral fracture)?

Spinal fractures can occur in the thoracic (midback), lumbar (lower back) or cervical (upper back) regions of the spine. A breakage of the spinal vertebrae may be due to trauma or osteoporosis.



Common symptoms reported by people with broken spine (vertebral fracture)

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 broken spine (vertebral fracture)

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Compare treatments taken by people with broken spine (vertebral fracture)

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Who has broken spine (vertebral fracture) on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 1 new patients joined this month
  • 97 say broken spine (vertebral fracture) is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 1
20s 3
30s 36
40s 48
50s 86
60s 99
70+ 68

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 106
Female 226

These charts show data from broken spine (vertebral fracture) patients who have completed their condition history
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