is a condition in which the body's bones become weak
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Osteoporosis and Low Bone Mass - What Is the Difference and What Can I Do? 1 Osteoporosis is a bone-thinning disease that causes your bones to become thin and weak and increases the risk of breaking a bone A broken bone may occur from a minor event such as a fall from a standing height.2  Low bone mass, sometimes called osteopenia, is a condition and is not considered a disease. Osteoporosis is a bone-thinning disease that causes your bones to become thin and weak and increases the risk of breaking a bone A broken bone may occur from a minor event such as a fall from a standing height.
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Plates & Boundaries The earth's continents are constantly moving due to the motions of the tectonic plates. Closely examine the map below, which shows the 15 major tectonic plates. As you can see, some of the plates contain continents and others are mostly under the ocean. The type of crust that underlies the continents is called continental crust, while the type found under the oceans is called oceanic crust. Continental crust is thicker — about 20 to 40 miles (35 to 70 km) thick — and usually older than oceanic crust, which is only 4 to 6 miles (7 to 10 km) thick.
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- Osteoporosis is a disease of the bones. People with osteoporosis have bones that are weak and break easily. Osteoporosis is called a “silent” disease. You may have bone loss for many years without any symptoms until you break a bone. A broken bone can cause severe pain and disability.
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Osteoporosis What Is Osteoporosis? Osteoporosis is a disease characterized by low bone mass and loss of bone tissue that may lead to weak and fragile bones. If you have osteoporosis, you have an increased risk for fractured bones (broken bones), particularly in the hip, spine, and wrist.
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Osteoporosis in Wikipedia Osteoporosis is a disease of bone in which the bone mineral density (BMD) is reduced, bone microarchitecture is disrupted, and the amount and variety of non-collagenous proteins in bone is changed. Osteoporotic bones are more susceptible to fracture.
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- Assume we were given this logarithm expression. We can write this expression as follows instead. This is possible because logarithms are exponents and the property of dealing with ‘a’ times ‘b’ times ‘c’ allows us to use the first rule of exponents. Multiplication and addition are linked.
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Osteoporosis Osteoporosis, or porous bone, is a disease in which there is a loss of bone mass and destruction of bone tissue. This process causes weakening of the bones and makes them more likely to break.nother 34 million have low bone mass and therefore have an increased risk for osteoporosis. Estrogen deficiency is one of the main causes of bone loss in women during and after menopause. Women may lose up to 20 percent of their bone mass in the five to seven years following menopause.
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Osteoporosis Osteoporosis is a disease where decreased bone strength increases the risk of a broken bone. It is the most common reason for a broken bone among the elderly. Bones that commonly break include the back bones, the bones of the forearm, and the hip. Until a broken bone occurs there are typically no symptoms.
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Frailty syndrome Osteoporosis is a disease of bone that leads to an increased risk of fracture. In osteoporosis the bone mineral density (BMD) is reduced, bone microarchitecture is disrupted, and the amount and variety of proteins in bone is altered.
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What Is Osteogenesis Imperfecta? Fast Facts: An Easy-to-Read Series of Publications for the Public Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is a disease that causes weak bones that break easily. It is known as brittle bone disease. Sometimes the bones break for no known reason. OI can also cause many other problems such as weak muscles, brittle teeth, and hearing loss. About 20,000 to 50,000 people in the United States have OI.
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- Osteoporosis is a condition characterized by the gradual loss of the normal density of bone. This condition causes bones to become porous, which in turn becomes weak and brittle increasing the risk of fractures.steoporosis is a condition characterized by the gradual loss of the normal density of bone. This condition causes bones to become porous, which in turn becomes weak and brittle increasing the risk of fractures.
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- What is Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI)? Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) or Brittle Bone Disease is a complicated, variable and rare disorder. Its major feature is a fragile skeleton, but many other body systems are also affected. OI is caused by a mutation (change) in a gene that affects bone formation, bone strength and the structure of other tissues.
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Osteoporosis Facts & Statistics Osteoporosis is a condition that causes bones to become thin and porous, decreasing bone strength and leading to increased risk of breaking a bone. The most common sites of osteoporotic fracture are the wrist, spine, shoulder and hip. No single cause for osteoporosis has been identified.
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- Osteonecrosis is a disease resulting from the temporary or permanent loss of blood supply to the bones. Without blood, the bone tissue dies, and ultimately the bone may collapse. If the process involves the bones near a joint, it often leads to collapse of the joint surface.
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Osteogenesis imperfecta Osteogenesis imperfecta: People with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) have bones that fracture easily, low muscle mass, and joint and ligament laxity ... more about Osteogenesis imperfecta. Osteogenesis imperfecta: Weak bones (brittle bone disease) and loose joints. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Osteogenesis imperfecta is available below. Symptoms of Osteogenesis imperfecta
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Osteoporosis Osteoporosis is a disease where decreased bone strength increases the risk of a broken bone. It is the most common reason for a broken bone among people who are old.Bones that commonly break include the back bones, the bones of the forearm, and the hip.Until a broken bone occurs there are typically no symptoms.one loss increases after menopause due to lower levels of estrogen. Osteoporosis may also occur due to a number of diseases or treatments including alcoholism, anorexia, hyperthyroidism, surgical removal of the ovaries, and kidney disease.
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rickets rickets is a childhood condition caused by serious vitamin d deficiency this lacking in vitamin d results in weak soft bones along with slowed growth and skeletal development rickets is by definition a disorder which begins in childhood if this problem occurs only later in life it is known as osteomalacia
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Weakness Asthenia (Greek: ἀσθένεια, lit. lack of strength but also disease) is a medical term referring to a condition in which the body lacks or has lost strength either as a whole or in any of its parts. It denotes symptoms of physical weakness and loss of strength. General asthenia occurs in many chronic wasting diseases (such as tuberculosis and cancer), sleep disorders or chronic disorders of the heart, lungs or kidneys, and is probably most marked in diseases of the adrenal gland.
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- 1 Osteoporosis is a condition of fragile bone with an increased susceptibility to fracture. 2  Osteoporosis weakens bone and increases risk of bones breaking. 3  Bone mass (bone density) decreases after 35 years of age, and bone loss occurs more rapidly in women after menopause.ones that are affected by osteoporosis can break (fracture) with relatively minor injury that normally would not cause a bone to fracture. The fracture can be either in the form of cracking (as in a hip fracture) or collapsing (as in a compression fracture of the vertebrae of the spine).
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Osteoporosis Osteoporosis is a disease where decreased bone strength increases the risk of a broken bone. It is the most common reason for a broken bone among people who are old.Bones that commonly break include the back bones, the bones of the forearm, and the hip.Until a broken bone occurs there are typically no symptoms.steoporosis is defined as a bone density of 2.5 standard deviations below that of a young adult. This is typically measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry at the hip.
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Osteoporosis Osteoporosis is a disease where increased bone weakness increases the risk of a broken bone. It is the most common reason for a broken bone among the elderly. Bones that commonly break include the back bones, the bones of the forearm, and the hip. Until a broken bone occurs there are typically no symptoms. Bones may weaken to such a degree that a break may occur with minor stress or spontaneously.
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Weakness Muscle weakness or myasthenia (my- from Greek μυο meaning muscle + -asthenia ἀσθένεια meaning weakness) is a lack of muscle strength. The causes are many and can be divided into conditions that have either true or perceived muscle weakness. True muscle weakness is a primary symptom of a variety of skeletal muscle diseases, including muscular dystrophy and inflammatory myopathy. It occurs in neuromuscular junction disorders, such as myasthenia gravis.
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Osteoporosis and Pulmonary Fibrosis Osteoporosis is a disease that thins and weakens the bones. Your bones become fragile and break easily, especially the bones in the hip, spine, and wrist. In the United States, millions of people either already have osteoporosis or are at high risk due to low bone mass.
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- By Staff Contributor. Osteoporosis is a disease, more common in women, that causes bones to become fragile and more susceptible to breaking. Fractures and the consequent pain and disability can seriously affect women’s health and their quality of life.y Staff Contributor. Osteoporosis is a disease, more common in women, that causes bones to become fragile and more susceptible to breaking. Fractures and the consequent pain and disability can seriously affect women’s health and their quality of life.
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What Is Osteoporosis? Vertebral (spinal) compression fractures are broken bones in the back that are due to weak bones caused by osteoporosis. The vertebrae (spinal bone) collapses as a result of even minor injuries related to falling, bending, twisting, or sneezing. Osteoporosis is a disorder of the bones in which the bones become brittle, weak, and easily damaged or broken. 2  Bone mass (bone density) reaches its peak around age 25, and decreases after age 35 years and decreases more rapidly in women after menopause.
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Anatomy As we get older, our bones thin and our bone strength decreases. Osteoporosis is a disease in which bones become very weak and more likely to break. It often develops unnoticed over many years, with no symptoms or discomfort until a bone breaks.ot all vertebral compression fractures are due to osteoporosis. But when the disease is involved, a vertebral compression fracture is often a patient's first sign of a weakened skeleton from osteoporosis.