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*as of ‘20 OCTOBER 2023’*
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“ring a bell?”
“read ’em n weep…”
“crossin 1st…and headed for home…there goes the ‘brown-eyed handsome man’…”
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“WORLD OSTEOPOROSIS DAY”
(OCTOBER 20TH)
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*’osteo-porosis’ is a ‘dis-ease’ where ‘increased bone weakness’ increases the risk of a ‘broken bone’*
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(it is the most common reason for a broken bone among ‘the elderly’)
(bones that commonly break include the vertebrae in the spine, 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)
(chronic pain and a decreased ability to carry out normal activities may occur following a broken bone)
(“osteoporosis” may be due to lower than normal bone mass and greater than normal bone loss)
(“bone 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’, ‘kidney disease’, and ‘surgical removal of the ovaries’)
(certain medications increase the rate of ‘bone loss’ including some ‘antiseizure medications’, ‘chemotherapy’, ‘proton pump inhibitors’, ‘selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors’, and ‘glucocorticosteroids’)
(not enough exercise and smoking are also risk factors)
(‘osteoporosis’ 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)
(prevention of ‘osteoporosis’ includes a proper diet during childhood and efforts to avoid medications that cause the condition)
(efforts to prevent broken bones in those with osteoporosis include a good diet, exercise, and fall prevention)
(lifestyle changes such as stopping smoking and not drinking alcohol may help)
(‘biphosphonate’ medications are useful in those with previous broken bones due to ‘osteoporosis’)
(in those with ‘osteoporosis’ but no previous broken bones they are less effective)
(a number of other medications may also be useful)
(‘osteoporosis’ becomes more common with age)
(about 15% of white people in their 50s and 70% of those over 80 are affected)
(it is more common in women than men)
(in the ‘developed world’, depending on the method of diagnosis, 2% to 8% of males and 9% to 38% of females are affected)
(rates of disease in the ‘developing world’ are unclear)
(about 22 million women and 5.5 million men in the ‘European Union’ had ‘osteoporosis’ in 2010)
(in the ‘United States’ in 2010 about eight million women and one to two million men had ‘osteoporosis’)
(‘white’ and ‘asian’ people are at greater risk)
(aka “black people don’t get osteoporosis”)
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(the word ‘osteoporosis’ is from the greek terms for ‘porous bones’)
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*👨🔬🕵️♀️🙇♀️*SKETCHES*🙇♂️👩🔬🕵️♂️*
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👈👈👈☜*“THE HUMAN SKELETON”* ☞ 👉👉👉
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*🌈✨ *TABLE OF CONTENTS* ✨🌷*
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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥*we won the war* 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥