| What is Osteoporosis? | | | | management of diet. Try to include the following |
| Osteoporosis is a health condition in whereby the | | | | in your daily diet: |
| thickness of the bones is reduced which will result | | | | • Take a lot of food rich in protein and calcium. |
| in fragile and weak bones. It often affects the | | | | • Avoid or reduce the intake of alcohol. |
| spine, hips and wrists. Female are more prone | | | | • Quit or reduce smoking cigarettes. |
| especially those that have reached menopause | | | | • Take medical supplements high in calcium |
| stage. | | | | such as alendronate (Fosamax), risedronate |
| Symptoms of Osteoporosis | | | | (Actonel), raloxifene (Evista), ibandronate (Boniva), |
| The most common symptom of Osteoporosis is | | | | calcitonin (Calcimar), and zoledronate (Reclast). |
| fractures in different skeleton bones. Most | | | | However, please consult your doctor first before |
| patients are not aware of the health condition until | | | | taking them. |
| they experienced servere painful fracture. The | | | | Exercise regularly can also reduce the chances of |
| diagnosis of Osteoporosis is mainly by reviewing | | | | getting osteoporosis. The key here is just do |
| areas in which the fractures occur. | | | | anything that will strengthen or build strong bones. |
| • Spine fractures that result in severe back | | | | Diagnosis of Osteoporosis |
| pain and hunched-back. | | | | Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA or |
| • Minimal trauma fracture occurred in course | | | | DEXA) is the most common process that is used |
| of normal activity. | | | | to diagnosis osteoporosis. In addition to this certain |
| • Hip fractures caused due to falling or a trivial | | | | blood tests and X-rays are done to check the |
| accident. | | | | acuteness of the problem. All tests must be |
| Prevention Osteoporosis | | | | performed by highly experienced doctors, who |
| The most common forms of preventive | | | | have complete knowledge of the disease and are |
| measures for Osteoporosis are through proper | | | | experts in the field. |