Symptoms and Treatment of Osteoporosis

Paper Summary:

Osteoporosis is also known as porous bone and is a disease that clearly shows lowered bone mass and structural deterioration of the tissues of the bone. The paper explains that these characteristics lead to fragility of the bone, due to which there is increased susceptibility for fractures in the regions of the hip, spine and wrist. It shows how osteoporosis can affect both men and women, though women seem to be more prone to the disease. The paper concludes that osteoporosis is a disease that if care is taken, can be prevented and treated.

Outline
Introduction
Prevalence of Osteoporosis
Financial Cost Associated With Osteoporosis
Patho-physiology and Associated Symptoms Of Osteoporosis
Treatment of Osteoporosis
Role of the Geriatric Nurse Practitioner
Mechanisms for Increasing the Awareness of Osteoporosis
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"The first and most important step in creating awareness is to make the elderly people of the country aware of osteoporosis and its effects on the elderly. The elderly do require medical health care facilities from time to time and during their visits to the health care provider information on osteoporosis. The elderly can themselves act as information disseminators as they move with their elderly friends. Volunteers from the elderly group may be even those who are borderline cases may be used, for this purpose. Finally nation wide coverage of the disease osteoporosis by the media will ensure that the attention of the legislators is attracted to this problem of osteoporosis that is posing a serious health hazard to the elderly people of the United States of America. (The national osteoporosis awareness plan)"

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