Examples of osteoporosis in the following topics:
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- Osteoporosis is a bone disease that leads to an increased risk of fracture.
- The form of osteoporosis most common in women after menopause is referred to as primary type one or postmenopausal osteoporosis.
- Primary type two osteoporosis or senile osteoporosis occurs after age 75 and is seen in both females and males at a ratio of two to one.
- Osteoporosis affects 55% of Americans aged 50 and above.
- Osteoporosis risks can be reduced with lifestyle changes and sometimes medication.
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- Women who are thin are at higher risk of developing osteoporosis than are heavier women.
- The form of osteoporosis most common in women after menopause is referred to as primary type 1 or postmenopausal osteoporosis.
- Primary type 2 osteoporosis or senile osteoporosis occurs after age 75 and is seen in both females and males at a ratio of 2:1.
- Osteoporosis itself has no symptoms.
- Differentiate among primary type 1, primary type 2, and secondary osteoporosis
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- As individuals age, bone resorption can outpace bone replacement, which can lead to osteoporosis and fractures.
- As people get older, the rate of resorption tends to exceed the rate of replacement, leading to conditions like osteoporosis.
- Osteoporosis risks can be reduced with lifestyle changes and sometimes medication.
- With its anabolic effect, exercise may simultaneously stop or reverse osteoporosis, a component of frailty syndrome.
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- Along with osteomalacia, rickets, and osteoporosis, Paget's disease is associated with vitamin D deprivation.
- Paget's disease typically is localized, affecting just one or a few bones, as opposed to osteoporosis, for example, which affects all the bones in the body.
- These localized areas of osteolysis are seen radiologically as an advancing lytic wedge in long bones or osteoporosis circumscripta in the skull.
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- Female Athlete Triad is a syndrome in which eating disorders (or low energy availability), amenorrhoea/oligomenorrhoea, and decreased bone mineral density (osteoporosis and osteopenia) are present.
- Osteoporosis is defined by the National Institutes of Health as ‘a skeletal disorder characterized by compromised bone strength predisposing a person to an increased risk of fracture. ' Low estrogen levels and poor nutrition, especially low calcium intake, can lead to osteoporosis, the third aspect of the Triad.
- Patients with female athlete triad get osteoporosis due to hypoestrogenmia, or low estrogen levels, which is part of amenorrhea.
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- Low calcium intake may be a risk factor in the development of osteoporosis.
- With a better bone balance, the risk of osteoporosis is lowered.
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- Nuclear bone scans are not to be confused with the completely different test often termed a "bone density scan," DEXA or DXA, which is a low exposure X-ray test measuring bone density to look for osteoporosis and other diseases where bones lose mass, without any bone re-building (osteoblastic) activity.
- The bone scan is not sensitive to osteoporosis or multiple myeloma in bones, and, therefore, other techniques must be used to assess bone abnormalities from these diseases.
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- Research has suggested that trabecular bone volume in postmenopausal osteoporosis may be determined by the relationship between the total bone forming surface and the percent of surface resorption.
- Clinical Note: Osteoporosis means porous bone, which is caused by an over-reaction to osteoclastic bone resorption, and makes bones quite fragile for the elderly.
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- Although we often think of the elderly as feeble and weak, regular exercise can fight osteoporosis and maintain strength and flexibility.
- For these reasons, walking could be an appropriate approach to prevent osteoporosis and maintain bone mass.
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- In most cases, patients with fibromyalgia symptoms may also have laboratory test results that appear normal and many of their symptoms may mimic those of other rheumatic conditions such as arthritis or osteoporosis.