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Is osteoporosis more common in women or men?
Osteoporosis (oss-tee-oh-puh-ro-sis) is a disease of the bones. It means the bones are weak and more likely to break. People with osteoporosis most often break bones in the hip, spine, and wrist. Anyone can get osteoporosis, but it's most common in older women. The older you are, the greater your risk of osteoporosis. There are no signs or symptoms of osteoporosis. You might not know you have the disease until you break a bone. That is why it's so important to get a bone density test.
What condition develops in older people as their cartilage wears down?
osteoporosis
What is Disease of the bone?
Osteoporosis is a disease of the bones and is more common in older women. There are certain risk factors which include being white or Asian, having low bone density, being thin and small, having a history of osteoporosis and certain medications.
What are the most common diseases in older people?
Osteoporosis.
Who gets osteoporosis?
Osteoporosis occurs most often in older people and in women after menopause. It affects nearly half of all those, men and women, over the age of 75. Women, however, are five times more likely than men to develop the disease. Source: Answers.com
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.
What is the purpose of bone disorder drugs?
The drugs described here are used to treat or prevent osteoporosis (brittle bone disease) in women past menopause as well as older men. They also are used prescribed for Paget's disease.
What is the condition in which the bones brake easy?
The most easy bone to break in your body are your ribs. Every time somebody is given CPR, some of their ribs break. This is because in they have to compress the chest enough that it actually pumps the heart. Though, small amounts of pressure while giving someone CPR will not break their ribs. But don't worry-- your ribs don't hurt when broken this way, and they heal fast!
What is the disease that develops when bones lose mass as a person gets older?
That would be osteoporosis where the bones become more porous and brittle, and break much more easily. Exercise and proper diet can play a large role in helping to prevent this disease.
What would be typical bone disease symptoms in older patients?
Three of the most common bone diseases in older patients are Osteoporosis, in which the symptoms include suffering a fracture, Paget's Disease, which symptoms include bone or joint pain, and a deformity of the bones or joints, and Osteomalacia, which symptoms are pain in the bone, weakness, fragility, and fractures.
The most common bone disease is?
There are quite a few disease that can affect the bones in your body. I will name the top 3. They are Osteoporosis, Osteogenesis imperfecta, and Paget's disease. A short description of the three are listed below:1.) Osteporosis, is the most commonly known one, this affects people of all ages, but is common in older women. Osteoporosis, as defined by Google Health, is the thinning of bone tissue and loss of bone density, or when the bone simply just gets too old and the body fails to produce enough new bone. 2.) Osteogenesis imperfecta is a condition that causes extremely fragile bones. This disease is known an congenital, meaning it occurs at birth.3.) Paget's Disease is a chronic bone condition that is characterized by disorder of the normal bone remodeling process. This disease is most common in older adults. Paget's Disease is rarely found in children, mainly just adults. Bone diseases may come in different names. But basically, all of it involves the break down or weakening of the bone tissues in the body. there is basically, many bones.The diseases of bones are:Rickets,Osteoporosis,Scolios,Arthritis and Bone Infections.osteoporosis, cancer, osteogenisis imperfecta, Paget's disease, Rickets, osteonecrosis.Heres some of umBone cystBone spur (Osteophytes)Bone tumorCraniosynostosisFibrodysplasia ossificans progressivaFibrous dysplasiaGiant cell tumor of boneHypophosphatasiaKlippel-Feil syndromeMetabolic Bone DiseaseOsteitis deformans (or Paget's disease of bone)Osteitis fibrosa cystica (or Osteitis fibrosa, or Von Recklinghausen's disease of bone)Osteitis pubisCondensing osteitis (or Osteitis condensans)Osteitis condensans iliiOsteochondritis dissecansOsteochondroma (Bone Tumor)Osteogenesis ImperfectaOsteomalaciaOsteomyelitisOsteopeniaOsteopetrosisOsteoporosisOsteosarcoma (Bone Tumor)Porotic hyperostosisPrimary hyperparathyroidismRenal Osteodystrophy
Why do old people have wheel chairs or canes?
Mainly because as people get older the develop something called Osteoporosis It makes bones more brittle and easier to break to elder people in return have to be more careful rather than like kids who can run jump and play.
