What is osteoporosis?
Osteoporosis is a condition characterized by a decrease in the density of bone, decreasing its strength and resulting in fragile bones. This disorder of the skeleton weakens the bone and results in frequent fractures (breaks) in the bones.The spine, hips, ribs, and wrists are common areas of bone fractures from osteoporosis although osteoporosis-related fractures can occur in almost any skeletal bone.Osteopenia is a condition of bone that is slightly less dense than normal bone but not to the degree of bone in osteoporosis.What are osteoporosis symptoms and signs?
Osteoporosis can be present without any symptoms for decades because osteoporosis doesn't cause symptoms until bone fractures. The symptom associated with osteoporotic fractures usually is pain; the location of the pain depends on the location of the fracture. The symptoms of osteoporosis in men are similar to the symptoms of osteoporosis in women. When osteoporosis is advanced, patients will likely notice symptoms of bone pain, back pain, height loss, neck pain, stooped posture, and bone fractures.What are osteoporosis risk factors and causes?
1) smoking2) excessive alcohol consumption
3) advancing ages
4) certain medical conditions
5) low calcium consumption
6) low consumption of vitamin D
7) inactive lifestyle
8) being a women
9) small and thin body frames
Osteoporosis Treatment
Osteoporosis treatment is performed to improve the current conditions that an osteoporosis patient is subjected to, and to prevent that patient from contracting further medical complications.Osteoporosis treatment typically geared towards strengthening the bones. Physicians work to prevent bone fractures by using treatment methods that will work to increase the bone's density. Although it has been stated by many physicians that osteoporosis treatment will not completely build or rebuild bones to their full strength, osteoporosis treatment certainly works to improve the overall condition within the medical patient.