What is innate bone brittleness? This is a disease of « glass children »

« Glass child » is a term that disabled people under 18 were determined in the past. They were called this because their parents did not bind them the future and did not notice their needs. The children felt invisible, as if they were made of glass. In the case of small patients with patients with innate bone brittleness This term had an additional, literal meaning. The bones of these children were more fragile than the glass from which the glasses were made.

Causes and mechanism of the disease

OI is caused by mutations in the genes responsible for the production of type I collagen, key structural protein in bones and other connective tissues.