Normal Trabecular Bone Osteoporosis Bone Regulators of Bone
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Normal Trabecular Bone Osteoporosis Bone
Regulators of Bone Metabolism • • Parathyroid hormone (PTH) Vitamin D Estrogen Calcitonin
Risk Factors for Osteoporosis • Environmental – – – – sedentary lifestyle calcium or vitamin D deficiency prolonged steroid or thyroid hormone use young women with amenorrhea from intensive exercise males undergoing hormonal treatment for prostatic cancer smoking excessive alcohol or caffeine consumption • Genetic – – – Caucasian or Asian descent small, thin frame family history postmenopausal women hyperthyroidism
Osteoporosis Patient at age 50. . . And 25 years later
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