Spinal Fractures Due to Osteoporosis (Bone Loss)
Osteoporosis or osteoporosis; It is a disease that increases the possibility of bone fracture due to the decrease in calcium in the bone structure.
What is Osteoporosis?
Osteoporosis is a condition known as osteoporosis. It can cause the bones to weaken and become close to fracture. With the progression of the disease, while the density of the bones decreases, on the other hand, their quality deteriorates.
Osteoporosis is often not recognized until fractures occur, in cases where bone loss gradually progresses. When skeletal system diseases are mentioned, osteoporosis, which is the most common disease in the world, is more common especially in women after menopause.
Bone Resorption Complaints
Osteoporotic fractures are most commonly seen in the spine, wrist, areas close to the shoulder and hip. These fractures may occur with a slight fall or impact.
An important clue in the identification of osteoporosis disease is shortening in stature. This is due to compression fractures in the vertebrae. Shortening of stature in people can occur as 10-15 cm from the height they had when they were young.
When osteoporotic spine fractures occur, patients experience severe back pain. As the number of these fractures increases over time, the height of the patients can change drastically and a hump on the back occurs.
Depression, sleep disorders, inability to perform daily life activities occur in patients, and all these results lead to deterioration in the quality of life of the patients.
