Osteoporosis is a critical bone illness that has already impacted more than 10 million Americans – and maybe 34 million more in the near future. BIsphosphonates have been critically acclaimed for their effect on the said disease and now, studies show that bisphosphonates may reduce the development of bone metastases. Although treatment is available, prevention will always be a thousand times better than cure and knowing your own risks would help you develop your own prophylactic measures against osteoporosis.
The risk factors for osteoporosis are divided into two categories: modifiable and non-modifiable. Under modifiable factors are those involving lifestyle and others which are still changeable while non-modifiable ones are those which are already permanent. Despite being irreversible, it is still important to know the unchangeable factors to calculate your own risk of incurring the said illness.
Listed below are the non-modifiable factors of osteoporosis:
Gender. Women have greater chances of developing the disease than men. Men usually have higher bone density and slower rate of bone loss than women making them less susceptible to osteoporosis. Although, around 2 million American men are already diagnosed with osteoporosis.
Age. For some time, bone mass remains stable and there is a perfect equilibrium between bone formation and bone resorption. However, as grow older, bone mass begins to decrease leaning towards osteoporosis. Bone loss in women often instigates a few past menopause and the rate goes faster.
Race. Although anyone from all races may be afflicted with osteoporosis, the said disease has a high affinity towards Caucasian and Asian races.
Body Type. Osteoporosis tends to be more common in people with small and thin body physique and bone structure.
Family and personal history. You may be likely to suffer osteoporosis if there’s a family member diagnosed with osteoporosis. What’s more is that a family history of fractures also insinuates higher fracture risk. It has also been observed that people who have had fracture are two times more prone to incur another fracture than other individuals of the same age and gender.
If the information above makes you a high risk for osteoporosis, consult your doctor to verify your suspicions. This way, early detection of the disease will be done and you might be ordered with prevention drugs which includes Fosamax. Unfortunately, the drug is also known to cause several adverse effects which have now become the basis of people filing a Fosamax lawsuit.
References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osteoporosis#Nonmodifiable
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/osteoporosis/DS00128/DSECTION=risk-factors
http://www.medes.fr/home_fr/applications_sante/osteoporose/eristo/osteoporosis/Bone_Remodeling.html
http://www.umm.edu/patiented/articles/who_gets_osteoporosis_000018_5.htm
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