Oi-oi.co.kr - Urban Dictionary: OI OI

When anything dramatic, funny, scandalous etc occurs, one must shout "Oi oi oi oi" to aware the general public about the event occurring. It can also be used as a form of greeting to a friend or colleague. There are different spelling variations such as: " Oye " or " Oui ".

Some parents are carriers for the gene that causes OI. Being a carrier means you don’t have the disease yourself but can pass it down to your child. Babies born with OI have a problem with making connective tissue due to a lack of type I collagen. Collagen is mostly found in bones, ligaments and teeth.

OI occurs in approximately 1 in 20,000 individuals, including people diagnosed after birth. OI occurs with equal frequency among males and females and among racial and ethnic groups. Life expectancy varies depending on how severe the OI is, ranging from very brief (lethal form, OI type II) to average. There are four well-known types of OI.

Other types of OI have symptoms that fall between Type I and Type II. Following is an overview of the types most often diagnosed. The remaining types are rare and still being studied. Bones likely to break from mild to moderate trauma, with most broken bones occurring before puberty. No change or only slight changes to stature with aging.