- DXA scans or Baseline bone scans
- Treatments
What is it?
Osteoporosis is a bone disorder marked by brittle bones that affects half of all women over the age of 50 and almost 90% of those over the age of 75.
What are the risk factors?
- Menopause
- Caucasian or Asian race
- Smoking
- Inactivity
- Sedentary lifestyle
- Lack of sun exposure
- Malnutrition
- Poor vitamin D or calcium intake
- Thin body type
What can you do to help prevent it?
- Weight bearing exercise
- Intake of vitamin D
- Intake of calcium
- Decreasing alcohol consumption
- Decreasing caffeine consumption
How will you know if you have it?
Dr. Isabelle recommends that women get a bone scan at age 50 to establish a base line.
The National Osteoporosis Foundation recommends bone density testing for:
all women over age 65; and
all women under the age of 65 who have one or more risk factors for osteoporosis in addition to menopause.
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