Understanding Osteoporosis -- Symptoms

If you’re over 50, and you fall and break something, consider it a warning sign. A break at your age may be the first sign of weak bones from osteoporosis.

Each year, 1.5 million older Americans get a broken bone, or "fracture," because of the disease. Half of all women over 50, and a quarter of all men, will have an osteoporosis-related fracture sometime over the remainder of their lives.

What Are the Symptoms of Osteoporosis?

People often aren’t aware that they have osteoporosis until they have a fracture. But there are occasionally symptoms of the disorder. They could include:

• Backache
• A gradual loss of height and an accompanying stooped posture
• Fractures of the spine, wrist, or hip

Call Your Doctor About Osteoporosis If:

• You develop a backache or sudden severe back pain, without obvious injury.
• You break a bone after a relatively mild trauma.

You break a bone after a relatively mild trauma.

They may recommend a bone density test to see if your injury could be due to osteoporosis.

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