Question

Which disease results from the breakdown of collagen?

Answer 1

Connective tissue holds bones, ligaments, and muscles together. Collagen vascular disease is sometimes also called connective tissue disease. Collagen vascular diseases can be heritable (inherited from one’s parents) or autoimmune (resulting from activity of the body’s immune system against itself). This article deals with autoimmune forms of collagen vascular diseases.

Some disorders classified as collagen vascular disease affect your joints, skin, blood vessels, or other vital organs. Symptoms vary according to the specific disease.

Types of autoimmune collagen vascular disease include:-

lupusrheumatoid arthritissclerodermatemporal arteritis

Types of hereditary collagen disease include:-

Ehlers-Danlos syndrome Marfan’s syndrome Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), or brittle bone disease