Osteoporosis
Osteoporosis | Are your bones healthy? | Osteoporosis Testing
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Are Your Bones Healthy?
A simple, painless Bone Density Test is the best way to find out if your bones are healthy. Because osteoporosis is a silent disease with no symptoms-until a bone breaks-it's critical to get tested to determine the health of your bones.
The National Osteoporosis Foundation recommends a Bone Density Test for:
- All women 65 and over
- All postmenopausal women under age 65 with these risk factors (besides menopause):
- Are you of Caucasian or Asian descent?
- Do you have a family history of osteoporosis?
- Do you have broken bones from a minor injury?
- Do you have a thin or petit build?
- Do you use certain medications, such as steroids (for asthma or arthritis), or take too much thyroid hormone?
- Do you smoke?
- Do you drink several caffeinated or alcoholic beverages a day?
- Do you consume too little calcium or vitamin D?
- Do you exercise infrequently?
- Postmenopausal women with fractures
- Women who are considering therapy for osteoporosis, if bone density testing would facilitate the decision
- Women who have been on hormone replacement therapy for prolonged periods