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Osteoporosis
This complex disease breaks down bone and makes it weak. Find out more about diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of Osteoporosis
Osteoporosis is the softening of bone and loss of bone mass within time. It is the most frequently occurring type of bone disease in the United States today as it affects around 10 million Americans at any given time. It can happen when the body fails to form enough new bone, or when too much old bone is reabsorbed by the body, or both. Calcium and phosphate are two minerals that are essential for normal bone formation. Throughout youth, the body uses these minerals to produce bones. If calcium intake is not sufficient, or if the body does not absorb enough calcium from the diet, bone production and bone tissues may suffer. As people age, calcium and phosphate may be reabsorbed back into the body from the bones, which makes the bone tissue weaker. Both situations can result in brittle, fragile bones that are subject to fractures, even in the absence of trauma. Researchers estimate that about 20% of American women over the age of 50 have osteoporosis. In addition, another 30% of them have osteopenia, which is abnormally low bone density that may eventually deteriorate into osteoporosis, if not treated. About half of all women over the age of 50 will suffer a fracture of the hip, wrist, or vertebra.
Symptoms include low back pain, neck pain, bone
pain and tenderness, loss of height, and stooped posture. None of
these symptoms are present early on in the disease.
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