| Few diseases can be considered as silent | | | | absorbed by a particular body part. The |
| assassins; meaning, conditions that can | | | | information that this machine can deliver |
| slowly take your life without you knowing it. | | | | measures your bone mineral density. |
| Osteoporosis is one such condition. Although | | | | |
| this condition does not instantly lead to | | | | When your doctor knows what your bone mineral |
| death like cardiac arrest, it can surely take | | | | density is, your risk of having bone |
| away your lifestyle as you know it. One's | | | | fractures and osteoporosis can be easily and |
| loss of bone density can be difficult to | | | | more accurately studied. With the same |
| predict and prevent just like that of cancer | | | | information, your body's response to any |
| or diabetes. | | | | ongoing treatment against osteoporosis can be |
| | | | closely monitored too. These results have |
| With osteoporosis, you can go on with your | | | | made bone densitometry become the |
| life as if nothing wrong is happening to your | | | | widely-accepted means of identifying the |
| bone structure. The only time that you will | | | | existence of osteoporosis in individuals. |
| know you have osteoporosis is when you start | | | | |
| breaking bones far too easily. In fact, this | | | | Unlike ordinary x-ray machines where you need |
| condition will not even render you any signs | | | | to experience a decline in bone density of at |
| of physical weakness. What makes things more | | | | least 30% before the onset of osteoporosis |
| complicated is that osteoporosis shares the | | | | can be detected, bone densitometry can |
| same symptoms with most other diseases; | | | | provide you with an analysis regarding your |
| hence, it is easy for medical doctors to | | | | future susceptibility to osteoporosis based |
| overlook the fact that you are already | | | | on the present indications of your bone |
| suffering from this disease. | | | | mineral density. This gives you a lot of time |
| | | | to prepare and take in necessary supplements |
| Although symptoms like a steady decline in | | | | to reverse the loss of minerals in your bone |
| your height, excruciating back pain, and | | | | structure. |
| noticeable changes in your overall posture | | | | |
| can point at osteoporosis, many people are | | | | Apart from osteoporosis, a bone density test |
| still unaware about this condition until | | | | is often required by your doctor if you are |
| their bones actually snap like ice cream | | | | in your menopausal stage wherein bone loss is |
| sticks. The key to preparing against | | | | often a symptom. If you had a bad fall and |
| osteoporosis, and other silent killer | | | | you had a fractured bone, bone densitometry |
| diseases for that matter, is to undergo | | | | can also help you check out the rate at which |
| diagnostic exams and early treatment | | | | your bone heals and the effects of the |
| procedures if you are found to be positive | | | | medication that you take in. You must also |
| with the disease. | | | | remember that you become more prone to loss |
| | | | of bone density or osteoporosis as you grow |
| For osteoporosis, doctors offer bone | | | | older; testing your bone mineral density via |
| densitometry to determine the density of your | | | | bone densitometry becomes more imperative as |
| bones. This procedure, also referred to as | | | | you step into your forties or fifties. This |
| bone density testing, makes use of a device | | | | way, you will be more aware about how to take |
| fitted with double energy x-ray that can | | | | good care of your bone structures. |
| measure the rate at which photon beams are | | | | |