osteoporosis
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Key facts
- Medical condition.name
- Osteoporosis
- Medical condition.image
- OsteoCutout.png
- Medical condition.alt
- andro
- Medical condition.caption
- Elderly woman with osteoporosis showing a curved back from compression fractures of her back bones.
- Medical condition.field
- Rheumatology, endocrinology, orthopedics
- Medical condition.symptoms
- Increased risk of a broken bone
- Medical condition.complications
- Chronic pain
- Medical condition.onset
- Older age
- Medical condition.risks
- Alcoholism, anorexia nervosa, hyperthyroidism, gastrointestinal diseases, oophorectomy, kidney disease, tobacco smoking, menopausal estradiol loss, certain medications
- Medical condition.diagnosis
- Dexa Scan (bone density scan)
- Medical condition.treatment
- Alcohol and smoking cessation, good diet, exercise, fall prevention
Article
36 sectionsContents
- Signs and symptoms
- Fractures
- Risk of falls
- Complications
- Risk factors
- Non-modifiable
- Potentially modifiable
- Medical disorders
- Medication
- Pregnancy-associated osteoporosis
- Evolutionary
- Fracture risk assessment
- Mechanics
- Pathogenesis
- Diagnosis
- Conventional radiography
- Dual-energy X-ray
- Biomarkers
- Other measuring tools
- Screening
- Prevention
- Nutrition
- Physical exercise
- Physical exercise prescription
- Physical therapy
- Hormone therapy
- Management
- Lifestyle Changes
- Pharmacologic therapy
- Prognosis
- Fractures
- Epidemiology
- History
- See also
- References
- External links
Osteoporosis is a systemic skeletal disorder characterized by low bone mass (osteopenia), micro-architectural deterioration of bone tissue leading to more porous bone, and consequent increase in fracture risk. Bones undergo continuous remodeling: osteoclasts resorb old bone, and osteoblasts synthesize new bone. With advancing age, the rate of resorption exceeds that of bone formation, causing bones to lose density and become more susceptible to fractures.
It is the most common reason for a broken bone among the elderly. Bones that commonly break include the vertebrae in the spine, the bones of the forearm, the wrist, and the hip.