Osteoporosis, deficiency of bone mineral concentration which often associated with old age, leads to bone structure weakness, which resulted in bone mass fragility. A slight fall could even leads to bone fractures on the hip, and affecting our ability to walk. Statistics confirm that 1 in 4 American women and 1 in 8 American men aged above fifty years do have osteoporosis or at risk of it. This is a very discouraging statistic considering that osteoporosis is a largely avoidable condition.
Osteoporosis is also often unnoticed by most seniors until they experiences a crack. This is why bone density scans are highly advisable especially for the post-menopausal women or those who has menopause symptoms. Osteoporosis is caused when the bone mass in your body become permeable because of mineral loss. Reduce in Bone density level thus leads to bone weakness, and could resulted in higher risk of bone fractures as bones has become fragile. Some of the common risk factors known to be reasons leading to the osteoporosis including women who got menopause, lack of Vitamin D, smoking, genetic factors, extreme alcohol drinking, lack of exercise, and low intake of calcium in daily dietary.