Many people confuse osteoporosis with arthritis and believe they can wait for symptoms such as swelling and joint pain to occur before seeing a doctor. However, the mechanisms that cause arthritis are entirely different from those in osteoporosis. Osteoporosis usually becomes quite advanced before symptoms appear.
All too often, osteoporosis becomes apparent in dramatic fashion: a fracture of a vertebra (backbone), hip, forearm, or any bony site if sufficient bone mass is lost. These frac...
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