Osteoporosis Symptoms: 4 Signs That Osteoporosis Is Silently Putting Your Health at Risk by Joyce Knestrick, CRNP, FAANP


Osteoporosis Symptoms: 4 Signs That Osteoporosis Is Silently Putting Your Health at Risk

Osteoporosis is a condition marked by weak, brittle bones, and more than half of adults over the age of 50 are at risk. One in two women and one in four men over the age of 50 will break a bone because of osteoporosis, but many have no idea they are at risk and don’t take proper precautions like:

  • taking medications
  • actively avoiding potentially dangerous falls

Osteoporosis is known as a “silent disease” because many people don’t know they have it until they fracture something. But waiting to find out can be dangerous. Make an appointment with your health care provider if you have any of these symptoms, and they will likely do a bone density test to get to the bottom of your bone health:

  • You appear to be shrinking.
  • You have back pain.
  • Your posture is worsening.
  • You break any bone seemingly too easily.

There are ways to prevent and treat osteoporosis, but you need to know your risk and address deficiencies before they become major problems. Talk to your provider about your bone health and take steps to ensure your bones stay healthy as you age! Learn more at WeChooseNPS.org.

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Elisa Schmitz
At my last health physical, I learned that I am at risk for osteoporosis. Thank you for this helpful info about this silent and perhaps misunderstood condition, Joyce Knestrick, CRNP, FAANP !
Cassiday
Didn’t realize all this. 🙏🏼

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