Osteoporosis

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Osteoporosis

• Alysha Novachich

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What is it?

• Osteoporosis is a disease where your bones become
  fragile.
• This makes it easier for your bones to break.
• Usually is not found until a bone breaks
• Bones that are usually broken are in the hip,
  spine, and wrist.
• These breaks requires hospitalization, include
  major surgery, and can impair a persons ability
  to walk

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Bones

• Your bones are living tissue
• Your bones
• Provide structural support for muscles
• Protect vital organs
• Store calcium essential for bone density and
  strength
• Can heal
• Affected by diet and exercise

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• Until the age of 30 you build and store bone
  efficiently
• Your bones begin to beak down faster than be bone
  can be formed as you get older
• When your ovaries stop producing estrogen
  (hormone that protects against bone loss)
• The critical years for building bone mass are
  from prior to adolescence to age 30.

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BONES
Osteoporosis Bone
Normal Bone
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Who is affected?

• Both men and women are affected by Osteoporosis.
• Women are four times more likely to develop
  Osteoporosis
• About two million have osteoporosis, while 12
  million are at risk

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Fractures

• 1 in two women and 1 in 4 men over age 50 will
  have an osteoporosis frature in their lifetime
• 1.5 million fracture annually
• Hip fracture risk is increasing in Hispanic women
• Fractures lower a patents quality of life

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Cost

• The price for your hospitals, nursing homes, and
  outpatient services from osteoporosis fractures
  is about 18 billion dollars per year
• Cost are continually rising

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Risk Factors

• Age (The older you are the more risk you are at)
• Gender (Risks are greater if you a woman)
• Family History (Risks are hereditary)
• Race (Caucasian and Asian women are more at risk)
• Bone Structure and Body Weight (Small boned and
  thinner women are more at risk)

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Symptoms

• Silent disease
• Occurs without symptoms
• Their bones become weak and a sudden strain, bump
  or fall causes a fracture ot a vertebra to
  collapse
• Collapsed vertebra may be felt or seen in the
  form of back pain, loss of height, or spinal
  deformities (kyphosis)

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Detection

• Tests called bone mineral density tests are done
  to measure bone density in certain parts of the
  body
• This test can
• Detect it before a fracture occurs
• Predict chances of fracturing in the future
• Determine rate of bone loss

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Prevention

• A balanced diet rich in calcium and vitamin D
• Weight bearing and resistance training exercises
• No smoking or excessive alcohol intake
• Talking to professional about bone health
• Bone density testing
• Medication when appropriate