What Is Osteoporosis?
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4. Risk Factors, Signs, and Symptoms
The tricky thing about osteoporosis is that there are really not any obvious symptoms until a fracture occurs. Knowing the risk factors of osteoporosis, screening, and prompt treatment are the best ways to catch osteoporosis early. Ideally, it would be best to catch osteoporosis in its precursor stage, called osteopenia, or to avoid osteopenia/osteoporosis all together if possible.
Some risk factors of osteoporosis include poor nutritional absorption in the digestive tract, sedentary lifestyle, being underweight, smoking, alcohol, pollution, and stress. Other factors include age, frequent falling, gender, being of White race, family history, and certain underlying medical conditions as mentioned above.2Pouresmaeili F, Kamalidehghan B, Kamarehei M, Goh YM. A comprehensive overview on osteoporosis and its risk factors. Ther Clin Risk Manag. 2018;14:2029-2049. Published 2018 Nov 6. doi:10.2147/TCRM.S138000
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