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Not necessarily, the only way to find this out is by taking the required tests.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 12y agoNo, asteoporosis can result when the amount of protein in bone is altered, or you have less calcium in take. The bones become fragile and can cause a higher increased of having fractures
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What are the signs of osteoporosis?
Bone pain or tenderness are some of the signs of osteoporosis.
What's the definition of Osteoporosis?
Osteoporosis is a disease characterized by increased porosity of the skeleton resulting from reduced bone mass. The associated structural changes predispose the bone to fracture.
What is the condition in which bone resorption outpaces bone deposition leading to the bone becoming more porous and brittle?
Osteoporosis
What are the early signs of osteoporosis?
Osteoporosis rarely shows symptoms in its early stages. However, symptoms of osteoporosis are back pain, loss of height, stooped posture, and a bone that fractures more easily than expected. Bone density tests may be used to detect and diagnose osteoporosis.
How is age linked to osteoporosis?
Although osteoporosis is associated with aging, it is only the risk of osteoporosis that increases as a person ages. It is linked to approximately 70% of bone fractures in people age 46 and older.
Which refers to a bone disorder found most often in the aged and resulting in the bones becoming porous and light?
Osteopenia refers to a marked loss of bone density.Osteoporosis refers to a marked loss of bone density and an increase in bone porosity commonly associated with aging.
What is known as decrease in bone density?
Osteoporosis is the name for low bone density.
A Colles' fracture is associated with which bone disease?
A Colles' fracture is typically associated with osteoporosis. The fracture occurs in the forearm and is also called a "dinner fork" fracture.
What are the reasons for rib bone pains in human body?
You have two common causes for rib bone pains in human body. Diffuse pain is due to osteoporosis and localised pain is mostly due to costochondritis.
What body system are affected by osteoporosis?
Osteoporosis is basically a severe loss of bone density.
As a person ages will they feel bone pain?
You will start to have bone pain as you age, but there are ways to alleviate and even prevent it. Exercise is an important way to keep your bones in good heath. Also, getting enough calcium will help prevent osteoporosis, another cause of bone pain.
Is A greenstick fracture associated with osteoporosis?
No not normally. They are more common in children as their bones are more bendable than an adults. This bendability allows the bone to fracture part way through instead of all the way through.
