{"id":2334,"date":"2021-06-25T12:55:10","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T12:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/punerheumatologist.com\/?p=2334"},"modified":"2021-09-27T09:46:26","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T09:46:26","slug":"osteoporosis-the-silent-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/punerheumatologist.com\/mr\/osteoporosis-the-silent-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"Osteoporosis – The Silent Disease"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]What is Osteoporosis?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Osteoporosis is a disease of the bones. It happens when the body fails to form enough new bone or lose too much bone or both. As a result, your bones become weak and\u00a0may break from a minor fall or in serious cases\u00a0even bumping into furniture leads to a fracture.<\/p>\n

Osteoporosis is often called \u201cthe silent disease\u201d because bone loss usually occurs gradually over the years without symptoms. Many people aren’t aware that they have osteoporosis until they either have a bone densitometry test (DEXA) or have a minor fall which causes a bone to break. Often, this \u201cfragility fracture\u201d (a fracture resulting from a mild fall from standing height) is the first sign of osteoporosis.<\/p>\n

When someone is diagnosed with osteoporosis, it is important to investigate for causes of osteoporosis other than aging.<\/p>\n

What are the symptoms of osteoporosis?<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is very important to be aware that there are no symptoms in the early stages of bone loss. But once bones have been weakened by osteoporosis, you may have signs and symptoms that include:<\/p>\n