Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis is a skeletal disorder characterised by low bone density weakening of bony tissue. When this occurs bones are more prone to fractures Bone loss happens without any symptoms that’s why some individuals might not know that they have osteoporosis until the bones are so weak and fragile. Women are affected by osteoporosis than men because women have lower dense bone mass and an increased rate of low bone mass especially after menopause. Primary osteoporosis is the most common type of…

as if taking a single step could break your leg. Osteoporosis is a disease of the skeletal system that causes bone deterioration, or the breaking down of bones. Making them fragile and much easier to break than normal. Anyone can developed osteoporosis but generally older women are more prone to developing it. Half of all women and about a quarter of men 50+ years will break at least one bone due to osteoporosis. You may not know you have osteoporosis until you break a bone and the doctor…

Osteoporosis is a medical condition in which the bones become brittle and fragile from loss of tissue. All bones in your body can be affected by this disease but there are a few bones that break more easy. The bones of the spine, hip, and wrist are most likely to break. Hip fractures can be especially dangerous in elderly people because of how long it takes to heal and on top of that, they can not move while they are in the healing process which can lead to blood clots. Osteoporosis occurs when…

Osteoporosis is a condition during which bones become fragile and have a higher chance of breaking. Bone mineral density (BMD) serves as a marker that indicates the balance between formation and resorption of the bone. Osteoporosis manifests when resorption exceeds formation, which subsequently leads to bone loss. The diagnosis is based on Dual energy X-ray absorptimometry (DXA) of the spine and hip BMD, which serves as a gold standard of measurement together with a T-score value. T- score…

Osteoporosis means “porous bone.” Viewed under a microscope, healthy bone looks like a honeycomb. When osteoporosis occurs, the holes and spaces in the honeycomb are much larger than in healthy bone. Osteoporotic bones have lost density or mass and contain an abnormal amount of osteoclast. Normal bone is composed of protein, collagen, and calcium, all of which give bone its strength. Bones that are affected by osteoporosis can break (fracture) with a relatively…

(fracture). Osteopenia and osteoporosis are two related conditions. As saying this the difference between osteopenia and osteoporosis is that in osteopenia the bone loss is not as severe as the osteoporosis disease. This means that someone with osteopenia is more likely to fracture their bone than someone with a normal bone density, but is less likely to fracture a bone than someone with osteoporosis. This disease is very important because bone fractures due to osteopenia and osteoporosis they…

Many of the people that receive the prognosis after the diagnosis of osteoporosis feel very confident because they do not have much knowledge about the disease. Many women in, The Invisible Disease: Making Sense of an Osteoporosis Diagnosis in Older Age, say they do not believe disease would really affect their lives if they do nothing (Weston, Norris, and Clark, 2011, p.1699). The outlook for people…

of low bone density, mass, or deterred bone tissue. Osteoporosis is one of many bone diseases. Osteoporosis occurs when the formation of new bone doesn’t keep up with the elimination of old bone. It’s a disease that weakens bones, which increases the risk of breaks or fractures. When someone’s bone protein is altered, bone mineral density is reduced, and the microarchitecture deters, they’re probably dealing with a form of osteoporosis. There are a number of risk factors that someone…

By doing these small steps you are lowering their susceptibility to osteoporosis leading to perceived benefits. Preventative measures are also mentioned in the fact sheet,” increased mobility”, “sense of well being”, and “improvement of muscular strength”. I listed just a few preventative measures to take, because I thought…

eventually overcome formation leading to osteoporosis and subsequent musculoskeletal disorders.1 Approximately ten million individuals in the United States, particularly those 60 years of age and older, are diagnosed with osteoporosis each year.2 This condition induces significant morbidity and mortality provoking approximately 1.5 million fractures of the vertebrae, hip, and wrist annually. Half of all women and one in four men are estimated to experience an osteoporosis-related fracture during…