Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis is a disease linked to weak bones. It effects around 54 million Americans daily (Learn What Osteoporosis Is and What It’s Caused By, 2017). While anyone may be diagnosed with osteoporosis it is more common in the elderly and women. Osteoporosis involves the bones of the body. Bone has two types of tissue, cortical bone and trabecular bone. Osteoporosis typically affects the trabecular bone mostly because it regenerates more quickly than cortical bone, and osteoporosis interrupts that process. Bone has many different important functions. Bone provides structural support of the body, it works as the framework for the body. It protects many of the soft tissues and organs found in the body. For example, the rib cage surrounds the…

bone development by osteoblasts, resulting as the diseases known as Osteoporosis. Osteoporosis affects millions of people and causes burdens to both the individual and their health systems. Osteoporosis is often confused with osteoarthritis -- a disease of the joints and surrounding tissue. Fractures…

vitamin D, lack of exercise, and bleeding in joints can lead to development of osteoporosis in hemophilia A patients. One study of children (18 and younger) found that 96% of their patients with hemophilia A had low vitamin D levels. This can most easily be fixed as a child, by making sure vitamin D supplements are taken and children spend time outside in the sun (Albayrak et al. 2015). Vitamin D can increase bone mineral density, which is greatly determined in childhood, and therefore can…

Most people do not know what osteoporosis really is. So what is osteoporosis? Osteoporosis is where bones lose protein and calcium. With the lowering of calcium and proteins also comes with the lowering of bone mass and strength. The lowering amount of much needed bone proteins and calcium ultimately leads to bone breakage. In the United States there are approximately forty four million citizens suffer from osteoporosis and low bone mass. The majority of people suffering from osteoporosis or low…

Got milk? Hopefully so because osteoporosis is the most common type of bone disease, affecting over 200 million people worldwide. It involves the loss of bone mass and mineral content which causes the bones to become fragile and brittle. This leads to a higher risk of fractures, or breaks and cracks, than in normal bone. Literally, the word “osteoporosis” translates to “porous bones,” and occurs when excessive bone is lost, inadequate bone is produced, or a combination of both. Living with…

First of all osteoporosis is a deadly disease that fractures your bones, but before it fractures it it will make the bones unsteady, this disease is more likely to happen to females and anybody of any age can get this disease, so it is extra deadly. There are 206 bones in the body, but the bones that are most likely to get fractured in the body is the bones in the hip and wrist. Osteoporosis weakens the bones by taking away the tissue on the bone and slowly weakening it, then when it is done…

Summary: 1. Outline of the disease • Osteoporosis is a disease that affects the bones. Since bone is living tissue, Osteoporosis is characterised by the body that does not produce enough bone tissue or when bone loss occurs and this causes easily broken bones. • Furthermore it is categorized as the loss of minerals in bone like calcium. • Osteoporosis stands for ‘porous bone’. • Osteoporosis occurs when old bone cells gets removed faster than it is replaced by new bone cells. • Since one is…

A greater risk for osteoporosis is a prominent health epidemic for postmenopausal women. During menopause, the decline of reproductive hormones such as estrogen decreases strict regulation on osteoclastic activity. Thus, an estrogen deficiency is associated with increased bone resorption caused by increased osteoclastic activity and cellular differentiation. While the gradual cessation during menopause contributes to an increased risk for osteoporosis, other influential factors include a…

Osteoporosis is a prevalent disease affecting over 1 million Australians. This disease makes bones become brittle leading to a higher risk of breaks than in normal bone. Osteoporosis occurs when bones lose minerals, such as calcium, more expeditiously than the body can supersede them, causing a loss of bone thickness (bone density or mass). 4.74 million Australians over 50 have osteoporosis or poor bone health. In 2011-12 the estimated prevalence of diagnosed osteoporosis among those aged 50 and…

“Help, I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!” in the life alert commercials? That is exactly how a person with osteoporosis can feel. Osteoporosis is a condition in which bones become weak and brittle. As you age, your bones start to naturally thin and can’t be completely stopped. It develops silently and the moment you realize you have osteoporosis, it can already be too late. The main cause of osteoporosis is when there is an imbalance between new bone formation and old bone resorption. The “silent…