What is Osteoporosis? Have you ever heard of the disease “Osteoporosis” and wondered what it is and if you may be at risk? Well‚ you will learn throughout this paper how important it is to be informed about osteoporosis. This medical condition is when your bones become brittle and fragile with thinning and reduction in bone mass‚ due to depletion of calcium and bone protein (MedicineNet). Bone is living tissue that is constantly becoming broken down and replaced. When you have osteoporosis‚ bone brittleness
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What causes osteoporosis? In childhood‚ bones grow and repair very quickly‚ but this process slows as you get older. Bones stop growing in length between the ages of 16 and 18‚ but continue to increase in density until you are in your late 20s. From about the age of 35‚ you gradually lose bone density. This is a normal part of ageing‚ but for some people it can lead to osteoporosis and an increased risk of fractures. Other things that increase the risk of developing osteoporosis include: diseases
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Osteoporosis is a disease where the bone density and the quality of the bone is reduced in individuals‚ which leads to a higher risk of fractures. Osteoporosis in women and the elderly the cause more serious issues which makes them frail and more likely to become injured. There are nearly 9 million incidents reported annually of fractures that are directly related to Osteoporosis. Osteoporosis accounts for 70-80% of all fractures sustained by women suffering from it. This makes osteoporosis a significant
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Osteoporosis Case Study Brittany Laplow Bone Physiology Question 1 Describe bone physiology and the bone remodeling cycle. Be sure to emphasize the two types of bone tissue and the roles of osteoblasts and osteoclasts. Bone physiology is the growth and repair of bones. Bone remodeling is part of this cycle. There are two parts of this cycle‚ bone deposit and bone resorption (Marieb & Hoehn‚ 2013). Bone deposit marks areas that need repairing by osteoblasts and bone resorption removes osseous tissue
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Radio Ad HCA/240 January 27‚ 2013 Radio Ad We know many people worry about the risks of getting arthritis and osteoporosis‚ as well as injuries from falls as you start climb the latter called age. We are doing this radio ad in promoting a healthier Muscular system well in to your retirement age. Although some chronic disease risk factors such as (family history‚ age or sex) are not able to be modified and so cannot be incorporated into prevention strategies‚ these factors can help to identify
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she has a high loss and bone mass. 2. Which midlife health problem is of greatest personal concern to you? What steps can you take now to help prevent it? Osteoporosis is the greatest midlife health problem that is concerning for me‚ because I have a vitamin D deficiency and I do not exercise regularly. These are red flags and for osteoporosis.
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List and describe several common risk factors for developing osteoporosis. Describe the key behaviors of someone trying to limit their risk of developing osteoporosis. Everywhere we turn these days we see celebrities that are on TV promoting various types of medication for one ailment or another. One of the commercials that plays quite often these days is with Sally Field telling women about medication to help prevent osteoporosis. While I don’t care for celebrities hawking medication on TV;
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treatment: from rare skeletal disorders to treatments for osteoporosis. Endocrine‚ 52‚ 414-426. doi: 10.1007/s12020-016-0888-7 Aynaou‚ H.‚ Skiker‚ I.‚ & Latrech‚ H. (2016). Short stature Revealing a Pycnodysostosis: A Case Report. Journal of Orthopaedic Case Reports‚ 6(2)‚ 43–45. doi: 10.13107/jocr.2250-0685.426 Boonen‚ S.‚ Rosenberg‚ E.‚ Claessens‚ F.‚ Vanderschueren‚ D. & Papapoulos‚ S. (2012). Inhibition of cathepsin K for treatment of osteoporosis. Osteoporos. 10‚ 73-79. doi: 10.1007/s11914-011-0085-9
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Glorest Hall API MW 9:25 Osteoporosis: A periodontal perception Osteoporosis a bone disorder of compromised bone strength causing a person to increased risk of fractures. Whereas periodontal disease is a locally occurring immunoinflammatory response “body attacks self‚” to bacteria in the oral cavity resulting in alveolar bone “ the thickened ridge of bone that contains the tooth socket on the bone that holds teeth the maxilla and the mandible‚” loss. Both disease entities show
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Kennel‚ K. (2010). Osteoporosis treatment: Medications can help. Retrieved from http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/library/osteoporosis-treatment/WO00127.html?iref=allsearch September 30‚ 2013 David Sharpe Principles of Fitness Monica McCullough When humans are first born they have 270 bones but over time the bones grow together resulting in only 206 bones by the time you reach adulthood. All 206 of these bones are essential to life‚ and their health is beyond important. Keeping them healthy
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