osteoporosis
骨质疏松症,骨质疏松
Definitions
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Pathology.
- : a disorder in which the bones become increasingly porous, brittle, and subject to fracture, owing to loss of calcium and other mineral components, sometimes resulting in pain, decreased height, and skeletal deformities: common in older persons, primarily postmenopausal women, but also associated with long-term steroid therapy and certain endocrine disorders.
Examples
Almost half of all adults 50 and older are at risk of breaking a bone due to osteoporosis, which costs the health system $19 billion annually, according to the National Osteoporosis Foundation.
Exercise can help increase bone density when you’re younger and stave off osteoporosis, a disease that weakens bone and increases the risk of breaks as you age.
Osteoporosis becomes more prevalent as people age, with nearly 27 percent of women and 6 percent of men 65 and older having osteoporosis.
Such studies could help researchers better understand how activity levels in childhood might relate to when and how osteoporosis plays out in adults.
In the growing movement of health-conscious consumers, bone broth is hailed as a mineral source that can help combat osteoporosis.
The results were awful: marked osteoporosis in the spine, hip, and femur.
If not, they risk facing complications including osteoporosis, thyroid disease and cancer.
The most severe side effect some users experience from heroin maintenance is osteoporosis after long-term use.
It is probable that if this work is confirmed a somewhat similar causative factor will be discovered for osteoporosis.