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Common musculoskeletal diseases
Weak bones is the state decreased bone density, leading to increased risk of fractures and bone and joint diseasesThis condition occurs due to many reasons such as: the aging process of the body, unhealthy living habits, poor diet...
Therefore, recognizing the warning signs of weak bones in the body will help patients take appropriate prevention and treatment measures.
Signs of weak bones
What is bone density?
To be index to help evaluate volume Bone mineral content, bone strength and endurance in daily activities of the body.
- Most people with osteoporosis develop osteoporosis from osteoporosis
- Unhealthy diet
- The aging process of the body.
- In addition, people with unhealthy living habits also increase the risk of weak bones.
Signs include
- The appearance of attacks joint pain Unknown cause, often occurs in locations such as the knee joint, foot, ...
- Often back-ache, dull, persistent pain, increased with vigorous exercise and decreased with rest.
- Feeling weak, reduced mobility.
- The gait is no longer upright, stooped posture
- Height loss, body becomes short
- Vulnerable and fractured when there are even small collisions.
- brittle nails: The components that make up fingernails contain a large amount of collagen and calcium. Brittle fingernails indicate that the body is lacking calcium.
- Gum recession: Condition in which the gums recede and expose the tooth roots.
- Hand grip strength reduced: is a sign of bone health problems, especially a sharp decrease in calcium levels in the bones of the arms, spine and pelvis.
What causes weak bones?
Weak bones are often caused by a number of reasons as follows:
Osteoporosis
People with osteoporosis have a gradual loss of bone mass, making them bone thinning, porous and brittle even without trauma. 
Unhealthy diet
Daily diet does not provide enough nutrients, vitamins and minerals
Natural aging process
Especially in postmenopausal women and men over 50 years old, the rate of bone aging also increases, bone density decreases and leads to weak bones.
Unhealthy lifestyle
Regularly smoking and drinking alcoholic beverages such as wine and beer:
Salty diet
Studies show that the amount of salt consumed by the body is inversely proportional to bone density. Therefore, a salty diet containing a lot of salt will increase the risk of bone loss, leading to weak bones.
Overweight, obese or sedentary
- People who are sedentary or sit in one place for a long time often have a higher rate of bone loss than normal people.
- The greater the weight, the more pressure on the body's skeletal system, especially the long bones (limb bones, knee joints, foot bones), lumbar spine...
Methods of diagnosing weak bones
Diagnosis is based on the patient's clinical symptoms and the results of paraclinical tests.
Clinical diagnosis
The doctor assesses the patient's clinical condition based on the following factors:
- Check the characteristics and evaluate the level of bone and joint pain.
- Check and evaluate activities that increase pain levels
- Check activity level, gait.
- Assessment of risk of spinal deformity, risk of fracture
- Obtain and assess systemic symptoms
Paraclinical diagnosis
Based on the signs of weak bones The doctor will order the patient to perform the following diagnostic techniques:
- Bone density measurement: People with weak bones have lower than normal bone density. Performing a bone density test helps assess the condition of the body's bones and joints.
- X-ray: Helps check for abnormal bone conditions, fractures or spinal deformities if any…
- MRI: Helps find tumors, examine soft tissue around joints and find lesions.
- Computed tomography: The technique allows doctors to look for lesions in seriously ill patients or in patients with small lesions that are difficult to detect, and helps determine the risk of fracture as well as the direction of treatment.
- Peripheral bone mass measurement technique: Bone mass measurement by ultrasound, DXA...
- Bone mass measurement techniques: Diagnose osteoporosis, bone fragility, assess severity and determine risk of fracture.
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