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WHat is OsteOpOrOsis? • 25% of patients who were curs slowly over time without DENSITY SCAN – of your low-
walking prior to hip fracture, symptoms until a bone breaks. er back (lumbar spine). Howev-
steoporosis literally require long term care after- It can happen to anyone at any er, the earliest change is loss of
means porous (hollow) ward. age. height. So please ask your doc-
Obones. The infrastruc- • An average of 24% of persons tor to check your height during
ture of bone becomes thin and over the age of 50 with hip your regular check ups.
weakened. fracture dies within one year there is another term to
of fracture. learn here – osteopenia: What can i do?
interesting facts Here are the TOP TIPS to
aBOut OsteOpOrOsis: How do bones get /remain when the bone gets thin- beat Osteoporosis:
from the national osteoporosis strong? ner but the architecture • Talk to your doctor about a
foundation. Bones depend on calcium, Bone Density Test
• Osteoporosis and osteopenia other chemicals, and vitamins to of bone is intact, that is • Talk to a dietician to make
(thin bones) currently are es- keep them strong. Bones grow called osteopenia (or the sure your diet is providing
timated to affect 44 million as a response to physical stress your bones with enough calci-
Americans. being put on them. initial stage of osteoporo- um and is balanced correctly.
• Osteopenia (thin bones) is a The density (hardness) of sis). and when the bone is • Talk to your physician and
major health threat for 55% bones requires a good diet, pharmacist about medications
persons over the age of 50. some sunlight, and exercise in thinner and brittle along available to help you.
• 1 of 2 women and 1 of 4 men order to stay strong and not with some loss of normal • Make sure your diet includes
will have an osteoporosis re- break. Weakened bone is at a enough calcium, not too much
lated fracture in their lifetime. higher risk for fractures occur- architecture of the bone, caffeine or alcohol, and ade-
• It is estimated that an osteo- ring from minimal stresses. it is called osteoporosis. quate, but not excessive, pro-
porosis related fracture occurs tein.
once every 20 seconds. Why is osteoporosis known

• A woman’s risk of hip fracture as a ‘silent disorder’ ? What are the risk factors for eat yOur vegetaBles :
is nearly 2-3 times that of men; In fact, most people don’t developing Osteoporosis? Some of the vegetables
however, the one year mortal- even know he/she has osteo- Caffeine (more than 2-5 which are good for bone health
ity rate in men is nearly double porosis until a bone breaks. A cups/day),Prolonged immobi- are:Lettuce, onion, cabbage,
that of women. broken bone is called a fracture. lization (prolonged rest of a arugula, broccoli, tomato, gar-
• Six months following a hip At this point, the disease is at particular part of body),Early lic, cucumber, dill, parsley…

fracture, only 15% of patients an advanced stage. That is why menopause, Eating disorders, Spend at least 30 minutes/
can walk across a room un osteoporosis is called the ‘silent Sedentary life style, Low calci- day in sunlight and/or eat foods
aided. disease’. Bone loss usually oc- um diet, High alcohol intake, which are fortified with Vita-

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