How do doctors diagnose Osteoporosis? Are there any specific formulas they use?
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Osteoporosis
Symptoms
In the early stages of osteoporosis, you usually do not have symptoms. As the disease progresses, you may develop symptoms related to weakened bones, including:
Back pain.
Loss of height and stooped posture.
A curved upper back (dowager's hump).
Broken bones (fractures) that might occur with a minor injury, especially in the hip, spine, and wrist.
The disease is detected by several tests such as -
Bone Densitometry
Bone Density Test: Measure Your Risk of Osteoporosis
Bone Markers
Bone Mass Measurement: What the Numbers Mean
Glossary of Orthopaedic Diagnostic Tests
Osteoporosis: The Diagnosis (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
Spine X-Ray
I was given a dexascan which is just an bone density scan..by an X-ray. Painless and I have great bones for a 55 year old!
They do dexascans where they take radiations/xrays of your bones to detect osteoporosis. Or just by looking at you. If you are very small framed, very skinny and poor posture and have probs with estrogen development that could be a give away.
It is mainly determined by bone density tests. They usually do the test then recheck from year to year if you are younger to determine bone loss. As you age the signs are obvious on ex-rays which is the main part of the "test. You can find out more information on the website listed below... I hope this helps, Best Wishes,,,
Pain is what the person says that it is. And so we investigate the pain, Bone density tests, x-ray etc..
You have to get a bone density test. It is like an X ray of your lower back. It will tell if you have it or not. You can have Osteopedia, which is not Osteoporosis yet. If you have osteoporosis, you can take Fosamax which helps the bones be stronger. Most small frame, lean people have osteoporosis, and so if you take calcium before you get to that point, it will help prolong it. It is thinning of the bones.
X-ray and bone density is enough to put such diagnose.
by the way age is very important,especially for women.
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