Osteoporosis-A Bone Disease

Osteoporosis-A bone Disease

Introduction

There are several diseases which are running on rampage in the world but the Osteoporosis is also one of them. This disease has some significant symptoms which show that how harmful is this disease for men and women. The osteoporosis can be defined as a type of disease which is characterized by low bone mass and deteriorates the bone tissues makes them useless or weaker to support the body. It causes increased bone fragility and risk of fracture at large scale , particularly of the hip, spine and wrist etc as they are the important bones of the person for working .it has been general opinion that the Osteoporosis is "the silent thief" because loss of bones appear without showing symptoms which makes it impossible to know the disease at early stage for the person . As the reduced quality of life for that person having osteoporosis is countless and spreads at large scale. The disease has some significant symptoms can result in disfigurement, lowered self-esteem, reduction or loss of mobility, decreased independence and also affects the working capability which is really the big problem for the common man to tackle with it properly As for the statistics, if we take the example of the Canada for hip related fractures, they are really disturbing. Approximately the number of the hip fractures was 25,000 in 1993 only as the official statistics show but the number might have increased to date .About Seventy percent of hip fractures are usually caused of osteoporosis which makes it alarming for the people . The fractures of hip cause in death in up to 20 percent of cases, and the disability in 50 percent of those who manage to survive for the rest.