Can osteopenia/porosis impose a compression fracture within the spinal vertebrae?
Does anyone know the most common causes of compression fractures of the cervical vertebrae? My mother was lately diagnosed with a compression fracture in her spinal cord at C7 (neck area).
She was Dx w/osteopenia 4 years ago, but hasn't taken any steps to prevent further progression excluding calcium supplements (and not routinely). She has a history of bone fractures, as she fractured her wrist about 2 years ago in a minor plunge.
She has yearly mammograms and had lung X-rays taken finishing year as part of her annual physical. Everything was fine: no traces of cancer in any place. She is 64 y/o, caucasian, non-smoker, healthy and active, and other than have hypothyroidism, she has no other history of disease.
Her recent MRI did not reveal any type of tumor at the sight, however, they want to do further testing to variety sure she doesn't have a malignancy anywhere else in her body. Apparently many cancer can matastasize in the spine.
What are the chances this compression fracture is due to a lack of bone density and NOT to an unspecified malignancy elsewhere in the body?
Please sight any references, first.
Thanks for your help.
Answers: My grandmother has had 3 compression vertebrae fractures due to osteoprosis. She is contained by excellent health otherwise.
This is most likely due to your mother's osteoporosis. Osteoporosis causes the bones to make ineffective, which in turn puts your mother at greater risk for fractures and breaks. This includes the bony spinal column. If she is not taking Cal/Mag supplements, her osteoporosis will continue to progress, and she will continue to be at high-ranking risk for fractures and breaks. Maybe this incident will encourage her to start taking better care of herself, to prevent this from recurring. Yes this is possible beside progression of the disease. My mother has it and she has a bad wager on and needed back surgery but no surgeons could perform on her because all the screw would pop out because of the bone is so brittle.
I heard of women having all sorts of fractures contained by all areas of the body from the Osteoperosis. It is strongly recomended that your mother get onto a good Drug that treats the disease if not she could be in such severe debilitating bone pain then down the road. Calcium supplements do not work alone with advanced stages.
There is a health risk also with this if it get to bad the calcium can cause other damage to the bodies organs, so this is why medication is needed to treat it. Be aware that elder women who get broken hips from this disease often die from infection later on. See a doctor.
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She was Dx w/osteopenia 4 years ago, but hasn't taken any steps to prevent further progression excluding calcium supplements (and not routinely). She has a history of bone fractures, as she fractured her wrist about 2 years ago in a minor plunge.
She has yearly mammograms and had lung X-rays taken finishing year as part of her annual physical. Everything was fine: no traces of cancer in any place. She is 64 y/o, caucasian, non-smoker, healthy and active, and other than have hypothyroidism, she has no other history of disease.
Her recent MRI did not reveal any type of tumor at the sight, however, they want to do further testing to variety sure she doesn't have a malignancy anywhere else in her body. Apparently many cancer can matastasize in the spine.
What are the chances this compression fracture is due to a lack of bone density and NOT to an unspecified malignancy elsewhere in the body?
Please sight any references, first.
Thanks for your help.
Answers: My grandmother has had 3 compression vertebrae fractures due to osteoprosis. She is contained by excellent health otherwise.
This is most likely due to your mother's osteoporosis. Osteoporosis causes the bones to make ineffective, which in turn puts your mother at greater risk for fractures and breaks. This includes the bony spinal column. If she is not taking Cal/Mag supplements, her osteoporosis will continue to progress, and she will continue to be at high-ranking risk for fractures and breaks. Maybe this incident will encourage her to start taking better care of herself, to prevent this from recurring. Yes this is possible beside progression of the disease. My mother has it and she has a bad wager on and needed back surgery but no surgeons could perform on her because all the screw would pop out because of the bone is so brittle.
I heard of women having all sorts of fractures contained by all areas of the body from the Osteoperosis. It is strongly recomended that your mother get onto a good Drug that treats the disease if not she could be in such severe debilitating bone pain then down the road. Calcium supplements do not work alone with advanced stages.
There is a health risk also with this if it get to bad the calcium can cause other damage to the bodies organs, so this is why medication is needed to treat it. Be aware that elder women who get broken hips from this disease often die from infection later on. See a doctor.
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