OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA

SYMPTOMS

• Brittle Bone Disease
• Ekman- Lobstein Disease
• Lobstein Disease (Type 1)
• OI
• Vrolik Disease (Type 2)

DIAGNOSIS

• Requires a medical diagnosis, which is found through labs.
• Treatments
• Splints and Orthopedic cast.
• Orthopedic Surgery
• Physical Therapy

WHO GETS THE DISEASE

• People who get this disease are born with it. It is worst in kids around 10, then it goes away until you get older.

FACTS

• Atticus Shaffer who plays Brick Heck in "The Middle" has Osteogenesis Imperfecta.

COLTEN STEVENS

SOURCES

• Web md.com
• Mayo Clinic.Org
• Oif.org