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There are many different fractures, however, the main categories are incomplete, complete, simple, and compound. Fractures that are incomplete or complete, refer to the way the bone breaks. The incomplete fracture is when the bone cracks, but does not break all the way through. As with the complete fracture, the bone breaks in two or more parts. With the compound or simple fracture, this is referring to rather or not the bone broke through the skin. With a compound fracture, also known as an…

Introduction Determination of bone mineral density helps in assessing bone quality. For instance, loss of bone mass which is obtained clinically as the change in BDM (bone mineral density) aids in determining bone fragility (Paschalis, 2009). Though, bone mineral density cannot be used alone to indicate that someone will suffer from bone fracture since there is the difference in BDM between the populations. Some people in a particular community develop bone fracture while others do not. Some…

Walaa Awad Dr. Naser Multidisciplinary Approach to Health 8 Osteoporosis is a disease affecting the skeletal system, characterized by low bone mass density, leading to bone fragility and increased risk of fractures. The World Health Organization (WHO) has defined osteoporosis in terms of bone mass that is more than 2.5 SD below the mean for peak bone mass in healthy young adults. In the United States, the number of people age 65 and older is expected to rise from 35 to 86 million between 2000…

What is an aneurysmal bone cyst? Aneurysmal bone cysts are a type of bone cyst where the bone contains a pocket of blood. These abnormal growths are one of the rarer type of cyst. They can grow anywhere in the body, but they most often affect the pelvis, spine, arms or legs. What causes aneurysmal bone cyst? As of right now we are not sure what the exact cause of this cyst. These lesions may sometimes occur because of an abnormality in the blood vessels inside of the bones , which develop as a…

Osteitis Fibrosa Cystica is a condition that is associated with excessive parathyroid hormone production (hyperparathyroidism), in which bone tissue becomes soft and deformed. Treatment is directed toward the underlying parathyroid condition and relieving any bone pain. Before 1950, about half of people diagnosed with hyperparathyroidism had Osteitis Fibrosa. Now it is uncommon, probably because patients with hyperparathyroidism are diagnosed earlier, before this complication has occurred. OFC…

Osteoporosis affects both genders and this is a bone disease. It is a condition in which bones become fragile and brittle. It occurs when the body loses a lot of bone, makes little bone, or both. Bones become weak and makes it easy for the bones to break from a fall (What is Osteoporosis and What Causes It). About 68% out of 44 million people at risk for this bone disease are women (Why Osteoporosis is More Common in Women). Osteoporosis is called a silent disease because a person can’t feel…

slowing. Recently in the New England Journal of Medicine, doctors are performing experiments with the drug alendronate to increase bone density. In this study 241 men, ages 31 to 87 years old, all over America and 10 other countries participated in this study. The main population of the study was white men averaging 65 years of age. Two groups divided the men based of low serum free testosterone concentrations and normal serum free testosterone concentrations and there were some randomly…

The key informant for this interview was Diane Pecora, a paraprofessional at Cesar Batalla School in Bridgeport. Cesar Batalla is an elementary school, grades K-8, and is south of the Hallow. Many of the Hollow resident’s children attend Cesar Batalla School. • Tell me about your role as a paraprofessional at Cesar Batalla School? I have been a paraprofessional for eighteen years for the Bridgeport School system. Prior to working at Cesar Batalla, I worked at Elias Howe School. A…

developing countries (Overpopulation: Causes). As more people enter those places, it leads to a higher demand for food, clothes, energy and homes, and this is giving rise to shortage of resources. Although the overall population might stay the same, the density of it can be affected leaving those places too crowded. Lack of family planning is also a crucial part of this dilemma. Lack of education for the people living below poverty line can result in having little to no knowledge about family…

standards of living. As population density increase, the inverse of abundance follows, and thereafter increases competition. The first negative impacts that increase of population density, especially within metropolitan and urban areas, is the increased strain upon the infrastructure, and by extension, upon the regional Eco-system. As habitation requires land to be devoted to habitats, and not to production, the land that of which houses high population densities are unproductive in resources…