"Skeletal fluorosis" is a condition that occurs when a person is exposed to high levels of fluoride over a long period of time. This causes changes in the bones, making them weaker and more prone to fractures.
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While other articles for Newnham R.E. and Zhou L.Y. are still listed, the two important borax publications mentioned earlier — about the arthritis trial at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and the treatment
of skeletal fluorosis in China — are no longer listed, but they belong there and obviously had been there originally.
Excessive intake of tea, particularly bottled or instant tea, has been known to cause a painful bone disease
called skeletal fluorosis.
This study and this study both analysed men
with skeletal fluorosis and concluded that their testosterone levels were low.
Among priorities in 2011, the government intends to make headway against two diseases that hit China hard: hepatitis B and
skeletal fluorosis, which is caused by inhalation of fluorine given off by home coal stoves.
They were divided into 4 groups: 1) no signs of dental fluorosis (a form of fluoride toxicity characterised by white spots on the teeth), 2) individuals with mild signs of
skeletal fluorosis, 3) individuals with moderate dental fluorosis, and 4) individuals with severe dental fluorosis.
[11] Degenerative osteoarthritis has been linked to
skeletal fluorosis.
In a Chinese study borax was used to treat 31 patients with
skeletal fluorosis.
Excessive fluoride exposure is well known to cause a painful bone disease (
skeletal fluorosis), as well as a discoloration of the teeth known as dental fluorosis.