Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis : Real Risk after menopause?

Overview

As osteoporosis is an increasingly common health problem with it now being estimated to affect 1 in 2 women and 1 in 5 men, this website is designed to help you understand just what it is, what causes it and what can be done.

Osteoporosis can be a major cause of pain and disability with bones often breaking more easily as a consequence of osteoporosis, but it is preventable and treatable.

As well as explaining the treatments that are currently available for those who have osteoporosis, information will also be given on what can be done in the prevention of osteoporosis.

Osteoporosis is a condition caused by decreased bone mass that leads to a susceptibility to injuries such as broken bones, sprains, etc.. The spine is the one who usually receives this weakening as one of the most common symptoms is pain. In general, osteoporosis usually occurs after forty years, although much can be done no doubt to preventable and curable.

• What is Osteoporosis?
• Causes & Risk Factors
• Manage & Prevent
• Osteoporosis : Treatment & Therapy (1)
• Osteoporosis : Treatment & Therapy (2)

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