What causes the pain associated with osteoporosis?
Breaking a bone is painful in itself but the pain should subside once the fracture has healed. Low bone density is also not painful itself, it is the broken bones that can result that are. However, the pain should subside once the fracture has healed. Spinal fractures because of osteoporosis, which are common in both younger post-menopausal women as well as older women, can cause long term pain. They can also cause loss of height and curvature of the spine and this changing body shape can cause problems with breathing, eating, digestion, dressing and have a major effect on self-image.What is bone densitometry?
Bone denistometry is the technology used to measure the density of bone. One way is the use of dual energy x-ray absorptiometry scanners - otherwise known as bone density scanners - which are currently the only way to diagnose osteoporosis. But access to these scanners is patchy across the UK.(published with permission in writing from:http://www.hillingdon.nhs.uk)
