Disease Details
Osteoporosis | |
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Disease Type | Musculoskeletal System Diseases |
Description |
Osteoporosis is a bone disease that occurs when the body loses bone, or doesnt make bone, or both. As a result, bones become weak and fragile and may break from a fall in this disease the bone have lost density or mass and contain abnormal tissue structure |
Causes |
Osteoporosis occurs when there is an imbalance between new bone formation and old bone resorption
this loss depends on the speed of many depends on several factors: |
Symptoms |
usually there arent any symptoms , it can grow silently and the first symptoms would be breaking a bone |
Treatments |
Treatment for osteoporosis focuses on stopping the mineral loss, increasing bone density, preventing bone fractures, and controlling the pain associated with the disease
methods : |
Prevention |
- Healthy eating |