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How do you know
Types and Causes
Facts
100
common symptoms are
swelling, joint pains, fractures, and debilitation
100
Name the two types of osteoporosis
Primary and Secondary
100
what ethnicity is at the highest risk for having osteoporosis
Hispanic women, 13-16%
200
Osteoporosis often affects what areas of the body
What is the spine, hips, and ribs
200
The most common diagnostic test used is
DXA (Dual X-Ray Absorptiometry)
200
One in three women and one in five men have osteoporosis, for a total of more than
200 million people
300
In most cases the first sign of Osteoporosis is
What is a fracture
300
There are two different types of Primary Osteoporosis, which one affects women more? Type 1 or Type 2?
Type 1
300
which country has the highest rates of osteoporosis?
The united states
400
Peggy got a bone density after breaking what
Her wrist
400
Name four risk factors.
Gender, age, excessive drinking, smoking, race and ethnicity, low calcium intake, early menopause in women, and Amenorrhea
400
Side effects of osteoporosis
Hunched posture, difficulty walking, and likelihood of bone breakage.
500
What does Peggy encourage others to do?
To be an advocate of your bones and get a bone density.
500
what is the osteoclasts job
To dissolve the old bone.
500
Known as the _______ disease.
Silent