Topic Overview

During a medical history for Paget's disease, your doctor will ask:

• About your symptoms. This includes symptoms of the disease as well as symptoms caused by complications of the disease, such as pain due to osteoarthritis.
• How long you have had the symptoms.
• Whether you have changed your physical activities because of the symptoms.
• What makes the symptoms worse or better.
• Whether you have been taking any prescription or over-the-counter pain medicine to treat your symptoms.
• Whether you have experienced any back pain and, if so, where the pain is located.
• Whether anyone in your family has had Paget's disease.