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    Osteoporosis: The Bone Breaking Disease
    Osteoporosis: The Bone Breaking Disease
    Osteoporosis: The Bone Breaking Disease
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    Osteoporosis: The Bone Breaking Disease

    By Mabel Van Niekerk

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    Osteoporosis is often called the silent killer because you often do not experience any symptoms when you have the disease. The first time you know about it is when a bone snaps unexpectedly. Osteoporosis means "porous bones" and it is a condition where the skeleton becomes very fragile and the bones break easily.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMabel Van Niekerk
    Release dateJun 27, 2012
    ISBN9781476192536
    Osteoporosis: The Bone Breaking Disease
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    Mabel Van Niekerk

    Mabel van Niekerk's main passion in life is travel. She enjoys writing about her many travel experiences and documenting reference books to provide more information about towns and cities in countries she found fascinatingly different from her homeland, South Africa.She is also passionate about crafting and enjoys writing reference books about the various crafts she has mastered and enjoys.Mabel has now turned her hand to writing books for young children, as she recalls the stories she told her own children many years ago.

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      Osteoporosis - Mabel Van Niekerk

      Osteoporosis – The Bone Breaking Disease

      By

      Mabel Van Niekerk

      SMASHWORDS EDITION

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      Osteoporosis – The Bone Breaking Disease

      Copyright 2012 Mabel Van Niekerk

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      Content

      Osteoporosis - Greek for porous bones

      What exactly is Osteoporosis, is it just something that elderly ladies suffer from?

      How Can We Build Up Strong Bones?

      Exercise

      Lose Weight to Fight Osteoporosis

      Smoking Cigarettes Causes Bone Loss

      Calcium

      Diet

      Bone Health

      The Right food for Super Bones

      Dairy products – are they essential for bone density?

      Who is prone to the disease?

      Once I Am Diagnosed With Osteoporosis – What Then?

      Is there any treatment for Osteoporosis?

      Lifestyle change

      Cigarette smoking

      Medications

      Nutrition

      Living with Osteoporosis

      Remedies for Osteoporosis

      Treatment

      Back Pain caused by Osteoporosis

      Back Pain and Fractures

      Menopause and Osteoporosis

      How can one prevent Osteoporosis after menopause?

      Exercise is crucial

      Preventing Bone Disease in Healthy Aging

      Replacing Hormones

      Osteoporosis Common with Girls with Anorexia

      Overweight Children

      Causes of Osteoporosis

      Healthy Aging

      Preventing Osteoporosis

      How do doctors consider Osteoarthritis and/or Osteoporosis?

      What are the symptoms?

      How do doctors determine if osteoarthritis is present?

      How do doctors manage Osteoarthritis?

      Does intervention help?

      Is Vegetarianism and Coffee Good For You?

      Has coffee any benefits to offer?

      Exercise for Your Bones

      Dieting / Over-Training and Osteoporosis

      Osteoporosis - Greek for porous bones

      Unfortunately Osteoporosis is considered to be a disease that is more common in women than men. This does not however, exonerate them from taking precautions to ensure that they have strong healthy bones. Osteoporosis is a bone disease, which occurs amongst women, especially after menopause. The bones after menopause often become highly permeable or porous, which causes easy breaks and slow healing processes.

      What exactly is Osteoporosis, is it just something that elderly ladies suffer from?

      The thinning of the bone tissue over time causes loss of density in the bone. The skeleton becomes porous, almost sponge-like and becomes vulnerable to fractures

      This condition is known as Osteoporosis, which weakens the bones and increases risks of fractures. Even a minor fall or injury may cause the bone to fracture with serious consequences.

      This disease does not only affect elderly women, in fact anyone can suffer from this disease, but it is more likely that women and men will suffer from it over the age of 50. It has been estimated that about half of all women and a quarter of men over 50 will become Osteoporosis victims.

      A lot of factors may contribute to causing Osteoporosis. As we age, our body starts producing less calcium, causing natural degeneration of the bone. Certain medications may contribute to a loss of bone density, and having a certain bone condition called Osteopenia, which is low bone mass, increases the risk of having Osteoporosis.

      Osteoporosis is known as the silent killer, as there are no symptoms in the beginning. Many times the disease is only discovered once a sufferer has actually fractured a bone. The bones become so fragile that they break down under the body’s own weight. This can cause serious hip,

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