Osteoporosis is a treatable, often preventable disease. Preventative and therapeutic treatment should be given before signs occur or as early in the disease as possible. In other words, it is a disease that gradually weakens the bones, causing them to become brittle and break easily.
Osteoporosis is a metabolic bone disorder characterized by a diffuse decrease in the amount of bone.
The risk of a hip fracture is equal to a combined risk of uterine, breast and ovarian cancer. These cytokines cause calcium resorption from bones while osteoblasts make collagen to form osteoid, a precursor of bone, during remodeling. 6 The largest population affected is postmenopausal women, especially those not currently receiving estrogen replacement. Premenopausal risk factors include women with surgical menopause, oligomenorrhea, amenorrhea, or anorexia. Bone density studies can effectively diagnose and monitor osteoporosis, estimate future risk of fracture, and assess the effect of glucocorticoid or excessive thyroid hormone use.