title: Asymptomatic osteoporosis masks the importance of taking medication.
abstract: Osteoporosis is asymptomatic, and the disease is painless unless there is a fracture. Therefore it is important to identify and manage high risk patients. The processes of osteoclasts dissolving older bone and osteoblasts forming new bone occur continually. In people with osteoporosis, there is greater osteoclast activity. This causes low bone mass and microarchitectural deterioration of bone tissue, with a consequent increase in bone fragility and susceptibility to fracture.
authors.affiliation: University of Portsmouth.
authors.forename: Ruth
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sander