Osteoporosis is often called the "silent epidemic" as usually no symptoms until a fracture occurs. For this reason, >> << diagnosing osteoporosis at an early stage is very difficult. The onset condition usually begins when you are in the thirties, and now >> << to progressive signs of osteoporosis can be divided into three stages
:
Phase 1: osteopenia, when mineral density bone is between 1 and 2. 5 standard deviations below that of young adults
Step 2: Osteoporosis, when bone mineral density falls below 2. 5 standard deviations Youth
Step 3: While osteoporosis revealed a fracture may occur as a result of bone loss, which means bones are more brittle and less strong
Although there may be no outward signs and symptoms of osteoporosis between << thirty-five >> age and fifty-five years, we can detect the presence of disease
through bone scans density. It should be noted, however, that these scans
can be detected only after the state 30% of bone mass is lost. Other methods of diagnosing osteoporosis include files in absorbtsiometrii
measure the content of bone and computed tomography, which generates three-dimensional images
bones. Fractures In most cases, the first outward signs of osteoporosis is fractures. Although the seat of fracture may vary suffering from osteoporosis fractures often
experience in the hip, spine and wrist. Hips and wrist, usually in an accident and spinal >> << fractures can occur only through normal body movements. Spinal deformities in other patients, leaning back (sometimes known as "hump widow")
curvature of the spine, or loss lasix 120 mg of height may be only visible signs of osteoporosis.
In these cases, a person may have suffered spinal fractures
without knowing about it, which leads to spinal deformity, as heals. Leaning back
means that the disease is in advanced stage, and usually no
observed in patients under the age of fifty-five. Pain is usually considered as spine fractures heal and often confused with
other conditions such as osteoarthritis. Most fractures caused by osteoporosis >> << gradually heal by themselves, but if you suspect you may have
spine fracture should immediately seek medical help. Osteoporosis
Results of prediction depends on how well these fractures heal. .