Unfortunately, severe osteoporosis can be fatal.
Yes, Osteoporosis can kill you, but how?
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What is Osteoporosis?
Decreased bone density, which progresses over time and gradually weakens and breaks bones, has no particular symptoms early on.
Easy fractures in osteoporotic bones will be the only sign of osteoporosis.
In what bones does osteoporosis occur?
All of your bones can develop osteoporosis, but the following bones are more likely to develop osteoporosis.
- The vertebrae of the spine
- Wrist
- Ribs
Why is Osteoporosis important?
Can osteoporosis be fatal?
- Fractures are the only sign of osteoporosis.
- The importance of osteoporosis is precisely because of the fractures that occur easily and with the least pressure in the osteoporotic bones.
- Aging is associated with an increased risk of decreased bone density.
- Fifty percent of women over the age of sixty-five and twenty percent of men over the age of sixty-five suffer from osteoporotic fractures.
- These people suffer fractures in the wrists, vertebrae, pelvis, femoral head, etc. with a simple fall.
- Age conditions and underlying diseases in people of this age increase the risk of site infection.
- Pelvic fractures lead to the elderly being unable to move before doing their daily activities, the person lays in bed, the risk of infections increases, and the risk of pulmonary embolism is higher in these people.
- Unfortunately, lung infections and emboli can be associated with the death of loved ones.
- Unfortunately, about 30 percent (one third) of people who suffer from pelvic fractures following osteoporosis die within the next year due to fracture complications.
- One-third survives but can no longer continue their daily lives as before.
- One-third can continue their normal lives.
Predisposing factors for osteoporosis
Women more than men
Lean people are more likely to get it than People with the right weight
Genetics play a very important role (people with very light skin and much thinner limbs are much more likely than blacks)
- History of close relatives
- Inactivity
- Smokers
- People who drink alcohol
- Lack of proper nutrition for a long time
- Some medications such as:
- Corticosteroids
- Heparin
- Phenytoin
- Most chemotherapy drugs
If you or your loved ones are in the following high-risk groups for osteoporosis, reduce the painful and irreversible risks of osteoporosis by performing a bone mineral density test with DXA, and timely diagnosis and appropriate treatment.
All postmenopausal women under the age of sixty-five who are at risk for osteoporosis (for example, taking certain medications) or women who have had premature menopause.
All postmenopausal women who have suffered a fracture after the age of sixty-five.
Individuals in other groups should also be screened for unusual fractures.