[Osteoporosis].
Patients with established osteoporosis visit physicians with various complaints including back pain and weakness of their back, although recent mass screening increases number of osteopenic patients without symptoms. Long-term outcomes of patients with inadequate treatment result in fractures of lumbar spines, femoral necks and/or radial bones. Some patients show friction sound caused by ribs and pelvic bone, and others show skin eruption of abdomen. The psychological problems caused by intolerable pain or fear for the future fractures are also clinically important. The symptomatic improvement are influenced not only by the power of the drugs but also by the psychological condition.
Osaka City University Medical School, Division of Gerontorogy and Neurology.
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D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D015775:Fractures, Stress / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000150:complications*; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications