Osteoporosis-A Silent Killer but Preventable

Authors

  • Mizanur Rahman Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, Dhaka National Medical College
  • Sharmin Hossain Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Dhaka National Medical College
  • Begum Dilruba Kazi Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, Dhaka National Medical College
  • Md. Ruhul Amin Associate Professor, Department of Surgery
  • Saiful kabir Professor (c.c), Department of Dermatology, Dhaka National Medical College
  • A K M Anisuzzaman Chowdhury Assistant Professor, Col. Malek Medical College, Manikgong
  • Mamun Rashid Bhuiya Senior Consultant, (Ortho-surgery), 300 beded Hospital, Narayangong
  • Mollah Mizanur Rahman Associate Professor (cc), Department of Orthopaedics, Dhaka National Medicial College

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/jdnmch.v24i2.80057

Keywords:

Osteoporosis, Fracture, Bone Mineral Density

Abstract

Osteoporosis is an important public health problem leading to an increased risk of spontaneous and traumatic fracture. Osteoporosis is a condition of fragile bone disease and decrease in bone mass density. It occurs mostly after the age of 35 years, bone loss is more in women after menopause. In most cases patient have no symptoms until bone fracture occurs. The diagnosis of osteoporosis can be suggestive by X-ray and confirmed by measuring bone mass density (BMD). There are some effective treatments of osteoporosis but in addition to that stopping of alcohol abuse, smoking and assuring adequate level of calcium and vitamin D is the target to prevent this silent killer disease.

J. Dhaka National Med. Coll. Hos. 2018; 24 (02): 54-56

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Published

2018-09-30

How to Cite

Rahman, M., Hossain, S., Kazi, B. D., Amin, M. R., kabir, S., Chowdhury, A. K. M. A., … Rahman, M. M. (2018). Osteoporosis-A Silent Killer but Preventable. Journal of Dhaka National Medical College & Hospital, 24(2), 54–56. https://doi.org/10.3329/jdnmch.v24i2.80057

Issue

Vol. 24 No. 2 (2018)

Section

Review Articles