osteoporosis

     

Osteoporosis is a isease of bone that leads to an increased risk of fracture. In osteoporosis the bone mineral density (BMD) is reduced, bone microarchitecture is disrupted, and the amount and variety of non-collagenous proteins in bone is altered. Osteoporosis is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) in women as a bone mineral density 2.5 standard deviations below peak bone mass (20-year-old healthy female average) as measured by DXA; the term "established osteoporosis" includes the presence of a fragility fracture. Osteoporosis is most common in women after menopause, when it is called postmenopausal osteoporosis, but may also develop in men, and may occur in anyone in the presence of particular hormonal disorders and other chronic diseases or as a result of medications, specifically glucocorticoids, when the disease is called steroid- or glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis (SIOP or GIOP). Given its influence on the risk of fragility fracture, osteoporosis may significantly affect life expectancy and quality of life.

Trivia about osteoporosis

  • While this disease of loss of bone tissue mass occurs in men, it's much more common in women
  • Corticosteroids are associated with this condition characterized by reduced bone mass
  • The name of this condition that affects mostly women literally means "porous bone"
  • More than 300,000 hip fractures annually can be attributed to this porous bone disease
  • (Dr. Oz presents the clue.) Bones regenerate themselves every seven years, but after age 35, your bones grow slower & become less dense, which can lead to this condition, a thinning of bones
  • A bone density scan diagnoses osteopenia (loss of bone density) & this disease (decreased bone mass)
  • The name of this disorder in which the bones become porous comes from the Greek for "bone" & "passage"
  • A DEXA scan measures bone density to screen for this disorder in which bones become porous & brittle
  • Former Texas governor Ann Richards still campaigns, but now it's against this debilitating bone disease
  • In a "Got Milk" ad, Jennifer Love Hewitt says she hates this bone condition, so she has fat free milk with every meal
  • Excuse me, madame, it's time to use the CAT scan to measure your bone mineral density to see if you have this 12-letter condition

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