Osteoporosis
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Osteoporosis is a condition in which your bones become weak and fragile and hence you are at a much higher risk of sustaining a fracture with minimal trauma. More precisely, osteoporosis means a significant reduction in your bone’s density. There is no way that you can know that you have osteoporosis without undergoing a bone density test or bone scan. No wonder that most people learn that they have osteoporosis only after it has caused a fracture. Learning more about the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis can potentially protect you from debilitating fractures such as those of the hip and spine
Articles related to Osteoporosis
Osteoporosis
Osteoporosis is a disease characterized by low bone mass and structural deterioration of bone tissue, leading to bone fragility and an increased risk of fractures of the hip, spine, and wrist.
Causes of Osteoporosis
Osteoporosis is a disease of bone and it can lead to an increased risk of fracture. When bone mineral density or BMD reduces it is a sign of osteoporosis, bone micro architecture is disturbed, and the amount of non-collagenous proteins in bone is altered. Osteoporosis as defined by the World Health Organization in women is bone mineral density 2.5 standard deviations below peak bone mass measured at the age of 20 years.
Diet for osteoporosis
Osteoporosis is a disease characterized by low bone mass and structural deterioration of bone tissue, leading to bone fragility and an increased risk of fractures of the hip, spine, and wrist.
Exercises for Osteoporosis
Osteoporosis is a disease characterized by low bone mass and structural deterioration of bone tissue, leading to bone fragility and an increased risk of fractures of the hip, spine, and wrist.
Medications for osteoporosis
Osteoporosis is a disease which is characterized by low bone mass and loss of bone tissue making the bone weak and fragility of the bones. In the condition there will be no enough of new bone is formed.
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Community Questions on Osteoporosis
Osteoporosis
Hi, I have an uncle who is 75 years old and suffering from Osteoporosis. He asks us to massage his back putting in pressure. Is it advisable to massage with pressure? also he asks us to keep heatpack on his back. Please suggest me how hot it should be? Please help me...
Thanks in advance.
Osteoporosis in the back
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Treating osteoporosis in men
When treating male osteoporisis from long term kidney disease (treated successfully by transplant) is it possible to use calcitonin along with forteo at the same time? i need to increase my bone density ASAP so that I can have scoliosis/kyphosis surgery.
40 year old male w/ Osteoporosis found after fractures in thoracic region during nocturnal episode/seizure.
I'm a 40 year old that was just diagnosed with osteoporosis in my lumbar spine. The find was made when I fractured two vertebra in my thoracic spine (T4 and T5) after an "episode" at night. I have a sleep disorder, that every once in a great while, I'll wake up and sleep walk and cannot be awaken for 45 minutes to an hour. I have injured myself during these episodes. I've dislocated a shoulder, broke a wrist, and now have fractures in my...
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Drugs related to Osteoporosis
Conjugated Estrogen/ Norgestrel
Moderate to severe vasomotor symptoms associated with menopause in women with an intact uterus. Vulvular and vaginal atrophy. Prevention of osteoporosis
Oestradiol/ Hydroxyprogesterone
Moderate to severe vasomotor symptoms associated with menopause in women with an intact uterus. Vulvular and vaginal atrophy. Prevention of osteoporosis
Alendronate
-Prevention and treatment of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women.
-Paget's disease of bone in those with alkaline phosphatase at least two times the upper limit of normal or for those who are symptomatic or at risk for future complications from the disease.
Vitamin D
For the treatment of rickets, osteomalacia and hypoparathyroidism. Used in severe tooth decay and senile osteoporosis.
Malnutrition.
Helps in the treatment of conjunctivitis.
Aids in assimilating vitamin A
Important in plasma calcium regulation
Calcitonin
Injection: Prevention of progressive loss of bone mass in postmenopausal osteoporosis in women who are more than 5 years past menopause and who have low bone mass compared with women before menopause; further, it is recommended for women who cannot or will not take estrogens. Moderate to severe Paget's disease characterized by polyostotic involvement with elevated serum alkaline phosphatase and urinary hydroxyproline excretion. With other therapies for early treatment of hypercalcemic emergencies. NOTE: Calcitonin human is now an orphan drug. Nasal: Postmenopausal osteoporosis (see above for injection).
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