If you need treatment, your doctor can suggest the safest and most effective treatment plan for you. If you're at risk of developing osteoporosis, you should take steps to help keep your bones healthy. This may include:. If you're diagnosed with osteoporosis, there are steps you can take to reduce your chances of a fall, such as removing hazards from your home and having regular sight tests and hearing tests. Speak to your GP or nurse if you're worried about living with a long-term condition.
They may be able to answer any questions you have. You may also find it helpful to talk to a trained counsellor or psychologist, or other people with the condition. The Royal Osteoporosis Society can put you in touch with local support groups. It can put you in touch with local support groups. It also has a free telephone helpline that may be particularly helpful if you're newly diagnosed with osteoporosis.
Our guide to care and support explains your options and where you can get support. Page last reviewed: 18 June Next review due: 18 June The most common injuries in people with osteoporosis are: broken wrist broken hip broken spinal bones vertebrae However, breaks can also happen in other bones, such as in the arm or pelvis. Osteoporosis can be treated with bone strengthening medicines. Bone loss before osteoporosis osteopenia The stage before osteoporosis is called osteopenia. Half of women over age 50 will fracture a hip, wrist, or vertebra during their lifetime.
This is because many women lose a lot of bone as they get older. Finding osteoporosis early can help prevent bone breaks. Raises your risk of osteoporosis B. Lowers your risk of osteoporosis C. Has no impact on osteoporosis risk. The correct answer is raises your risk of osteoporosis. During menopause, estrogen levels fall, and the body may not be able to create new bone fast enough to replace the old bone used by the body.
If you have gone through menopause, ask your doctor about being tested for osteoporosis. As men age, testosterone levels tend to fall.
This can lead to bone loss starting at about age Older men should talk with their doctor about being tested for osteoporosis. African-Americans B. Asian-Americans C. Caucasians D. Latinos E. Pacific Islanders. The correct answer is Caucasians. White women are more likely to develop brittle bones than any other group.
The risk is highest in women with a family history of osteoporosis. If the disease runs in your family, talk to your doctor about osteoporosis prevention and bone density testing. The correct answer is fact.
Your body needs calcium to build strong bones. Women ages 51 to 70 should have 1, mg of calcium a day.
Men ages 51 to 70 and adults age 50 or younger should have 1, mg of calcium a day. In addition, everyone needs to IU of vitamin D daily to help the body absorb calcium.
Swimming B. Tennis C. Cycling D. Walking E. All of the above F. B and D. The correct answer is B and D. Weight-bearing exercises make your muscles pull on your bones. This makes bones stronger. Examples include tennis, walking, dancing, and weight-lifting. Protect your bones by doing weight-bearing exercises 3 or more days a week.
Check with your doctor first if you haven't been active for awhile. Men and women who smoke have weaker bones. Such bone fractures are much less common in adults. The teeth may also be affected, resulting in dental cracks and cavities.
Type 2 OI is the most severe form of brittle bone disease, and it can be life-threatening. Type 2 OI can cause bone deformities. If your child is born with type 2 OI, they may have a narrowed chest, broken or misshapen ribs, or underdeveloped lungs.
Babies with type 2 OI can die in the womb or shortly after birth. Type 3 OI is also a severe form of brittle bone disease. It causes bones to break easily. Bone deformities are common and may get worse as your child gets older.
Type 4 OI is the most variable form of brittle bone disease because its symptoms range from mild to severe. As with type 3 OI, your body produces enough collagen but the quality is poor. Children with type 4 OI are typically born with bowed legs, although the bowing tends to lessen with age. The symptoms of brittle bone disease differ according to the type of the disease. Everyone with brittle bone disease has fragile bones, but the severity varies from person to person.
Brittle bone disease has one or more of the following symptoms:. Your doctor can diagnose brittle bone disease by taking X-rays. X-rays allow your doctor to see current and past broken bones. Osteoporosis-related fractures most commonly occur in the hip, wrist or spine. Bone is living tissue that is constantly being broken down and replaced. Osteoporosis occurs when the creation of new bone doesn't keep up with the loss of old bone.
Osteoporosis affects men and women of all races. But white and Asian women, especially older women who are past menopause, are at highest risk. Medications, healthy diet and weight-bearing exercise can help prevent bone loss or strengthen already weak bones. There typically are no symptoms in the early stages of bone loss. But once your bones have been weakened by osteoporosis, you might have signs and symptoms that include:.
You might want to talk to your doctor about osteoporosis if you went through early menopause or took corticosteroids for several months at a time, or if either of your parents had hip fractures. Under a microscope, healthy bone has the appearance of a honeycomb matrix top. Osteoporotic bone bottom is more porous. Your bones are in a constant state of renewal — new bone is made and old bone is broken down.
When you're young, your body makes new bone faster than it breaks down old bone and your bone mass increases. After the early 20s this process slows, and most people reach their peak bone mass by age As people age, bone mass is lost faster than it's created.
How likely you are to develop osteoporosis depends partly on how much bone mass you attained in your youth. Peak bone mass is partly inherited and varies also by ethnic group. The higher your peak bone mass, the more bone you have "in the bank" and the less likely you are to develop osteoporosis as you age. A number of factors can increase the likelihood that you'll develop osteoporosis — including your age, race, lifestyle choices, and medical conditions and treatments.
Osteoporosis is more common in people who have too much or too little of certain hormones in their bodies.
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