What causes osteoporosis?

What causes osteoporosis?

Charles Triay (General Practicioner) gives expert video advice on: What are the best ways of preventing osteoporosis? and more...

Osteoporosis is simply a disease whereby the filling of the bone has gone beyond a certain limit that we would consider acceptable for that patient at his age. The problems of osteoporosis are that a patient can easily break a bone, because there is less calcium to strengthen the structure of that bone. Therefore, anybody who fractures a bone beyond the age of about 60-65 should seriously consider having a bone density scan done. This will measure the density of the bone and tell us whether he is at risk or not.