Fragile Bones, (Osteoporosis) Risk Factors

Fragile Bones, (Osteoporosis) Risk Factors

Fragile bones, (osteoporosis) affect about 75 million people in Europe, USA and Japan. It considered a silent disease, due to gradual and painless loss of bone density. Early detection of risk factors is very logic for every- one. I'll provide you these risk factors in this article. Age : During aging process, bone resorption increase whereas, bone formation decrease. Both male and female loss about 0.5% of bone mass every year after age 50. Gender: 1 in 3 women over 50 will experience osteoporotic fractures, as will 1 in 5 men. Postmenopausal females are highly susceptible due to anabolic effect of Estrogen, the longer a women are exposed to estrogen hormone, the lower their risk of osteoporosis. Corticosteroids treatment : rheumatoid arthritis long term treatment with prednisone or its derivatives led to high risk of osteoporosis. Family history: Individuals with family member has osteoporosis has a 50-85% increased risk of developing osteoporosis. Race: Caucasians and Southeast Asians are of high risk more than African American and Latino men. Body mass: Thin or lean people particularly females are of high risk. Low Calcium intake: Calcium is the main component in bone structure so its deficiency led to high risk. Low Vitamin, D intake: Vitamin, D is very essential for Calcium, absorption and metabolism. Physical activity: Less active people and low life style people are of high risk. Smoking, Alcohol and Excessive Soda consumption. All these factors interfere with Calcium absorption and metabolism. Certain medications as Diuretics, Estrogen suppressive, blood-thinning agents, and Anti-cholesterol, agents : All, interfere with Calcium level, absorption and metabolism. All people at risk should visit Physician and detect the Bone Mineral Density (BMD); witch diagnosed by a DEXA (dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry) test that, measures the bone mineral content of the spine, hip, and other parts of the skeleton. In simple terms, an X-ray is beamed to a specific area of the body and results in a computerized

calculation based on the amount of light filtering through the tissue. Known as the Bone Mineral

Density (BMD), the test results are numbers representing the Standard Deviation (SD).

The T-scores are then used for diagnosis as follows: The normal: T-score above -1. Osteopenia: T- score between (-1 and -2.5). Osteoporosis: T-score at or below -2.5.

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