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Osteoporosis is a silent public health risk and the danger lies in its development without any visible or perceivable symptoms. Until a bone breaks and causes a facture you will never come to know that you have osteoporosis.

Factures due to osteoporosis generally occur in the hip, spine, and wrist. Hospitalization and major surgery is required in case of almost every hip fracture. It might not be able to walk and may cause extended or eternal disability or even death. Loss of height, severe back pain, and deformity can also take place due to Spinal or vertebral fractures.

Osteoporosis can happen at any age. Women have four times more possibility compared to men to build up the osteoporosis. Women can mislay up to 20 percent of their bone mass in the five to seven years following menopause, making them more susceptible to osteoporosis. It is a well-known reality that one out of every two women and one in eight men over 50 will have an osteoporosis-related fracture in their life span. You need to gear up to face this issue.

In the beginning, it is difficult to detect Osteoporosis since bone loss occurs devoid of symptoms. People possibly will not make out that they have osteoporosis unless their bones turn out to be so weak that an unexpected strain or fall causes a fracture. Some of the danger factors that can origin Osteoporosis are, history of fracture after age 50, current low bone mass, advanced age, family history of osteoporosis, estrogen deficiency, abnormal absence of menstrual periods, low lifetime calcium intake, Vitamin D deficiency, low testosterone levels in men, an inactive lifestyle and or extreme use of alcohol.

You need to go for a bone mineral density (BMD) test after you reach your forties. This will give you an idea as to whether osteoporosis is eating into your bones. If confirmed you need to start on medicines like alendronates (Fosamax) to help prevent the gradual loss of bone mass. Being a side effect of menopause, women's health concerns must take this issue up strongly.

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