1. Osteoporosis
By Katelyn Wilson

2. What is osteoporosis?

3. Interesting facts The word "osteoporosis" comes from the Greek words
Osteoporosis is not a condition exclusive to the elderly it can strike at any age
Caucasians and Asians have a higher risk of developing osteoporosis than other people do
an osteoporotic fracture is estimated to occur every 3 seconds.
People who are thin or who have a small frame, are at greater risk for osteoporosis
Men tend to develop osteoporosis 10 – 15 years later than women do, because they are generally bulkier and have more bone mass to lose.
Among those who fracture their hip, 12 to 20% die within one year after the fracture and more than 50% of the survivors are unable to return to independent living.

4. Treatments
You have to make lifestyle changes to help prevent from getting osteoporosis. You have to quit cigarette smoking, excessive alcohol intake, exercising regularly, and consuming a balanced diet with calcium and vitamin D. that will make your bones healthier and you will have a less percentage of getting osteoporosis.

5. What a normal and osteoporosis bone looks like.

6. The symptoms
Back pain
Fracture bone

7. What a normal and osteoporosis spine looks like

8. What causes osteoporosis?
There are also some that you can somewhat control like
Estrogen levels
History of broken bones
Low body weight
Calcium
Vitamin D
Exercise
Smoking
Alcohol
diet
Some are hereditary and the way you live.
There are some causes that u cant control like
Family history
Gender
Ethnicity

9. Where osteoporosis is most common found in people
Large weigh bearing joints such as the
Hip
Knees
Shoulder
Ankles

10. Treatment
Although osteoporosis cannot be reversed it can be prevented and treated.
You can prevented by calcium and vitamin D.
there are medication that you can take to slow it down like
Evista
Forteo

11. What percentage of the population gets osteoporosis