Osteoporosis Symptoms and Signs
Osteoporosis symptoms will usually occur when stepping 30 years of age. Osteoporosis can be present even without symptoms because osteoporosis does not cause symptoms until a bone fracture. Patients may not be aware of their osteoporosis until they suffer a painful fracture. That is why osteoporosis is often referred to a "silent disease". Symptoms associated with osteoporosis fractures are usually painful; location of pain depends on the location of the fracture.
Fractures of the spine (vertebrae) can cause severe "band-like" pain that radiates from the back to the side of the body. Over the years, repeated spine fractures can cause chronic lower back pain and loss of height and / or curving of the spine due to the collapse of the vertebra. Collapse to give the appearance of individuals behind the stoop, upper back, often called the "widow's hump" because it is often seen in elderly women.
Fractures that occur during normal activity is called minimal trauma, or stress fracture. For example, some patients with osteoporosis develop stress fractures of the foot whiles walking or stepping off a curb.
Hip fractures usually occur from a fall. With osteoporosis, hip fractures can occur as a result of minor slip-and-fall accidents. Hip fractures can also heal slowly or worse after surgery because of poor healing of bone repair.
In general, symptoms of osteoporosis can be summarized as follows:
- wrist, hip or spine fractures.
- Bone tenderness and pain.
- Fractures.
- Discomfort in the neck or neck pain.
- Back pain is severe or sudden unexplained.
- Height and followed by hunched posture. Patients may lose as much as 15 cm in height.
- Loss of bone in the jaw, the teeth characterized by X-rays.
- Pain in the abdomen.
- brittle nails.
- Kyphosis curve of the spine.
- Leg cramps at night.
- Loss of teeth.
- Persistent pain in the spine or lower back muscles.
- Abdominal pain.
- Constant fatigue.