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By Mayo Clinic staffAge is the main known risk factor for spinal stenosis. Your risk of this condition increases after age 50.
Also at risk are people with skeletal fluorosis, a sometimes crippling bone disease caused by high levels of fluoride in the body. Although the disease is rare in the United States, several million people worldwide have severe skeletal fluorosis.