Life span of both men and women has increased due to research & development in science & medicine. Unfortunately, this extension of life is not associated with similar increase in disease free years of life. Increase life span is associated with increase chances of development of osteoporosis. Because of all these reasons, osteoporosis is now the most common metabolic disease in the world.
Osteoporosis was supposed to be a natural accompaniment of ageing or disease of elderly, particularly in women. But now osteoporosis is recognized as a distinct pathology, which is both treatable and preventable.
Worldwide, osteoporosis is a major public health threat Two hundred million women suffer from osteoporosis worldwide.
A third of all women between 60 and 70 years of age,
Two thirds of all women over 80 years of age
In women, lifetime risk of fracture is between 30 and 40 percent
One out of every two women and one in eight men over 50 will have an osteoporosis-related fracture in their lifetime.
In men, the lifetime risk of osteoporotic fracture is about 13 percent.
Types of osteoporosis :--
Postmenopausal osteoporosis. Accelerated bone loss, probably as a result of oestrogen deficiency. Postmenopausal osteoporosis mainly affects vertebral bodies and of the distal forearm in women in their 60s and 70s & results in fracture.
Senile Osteoporosis Results from the slower age related bone loss that occurs in both sexes. Senile osteoporosis mainly affects proximal femur in elderly people, and the typical manifestation is of fracture of the proximal femur.
Secondary osteoporosis accounts for about 20% of cases in women and 40% of cases in men.
