“Osteoporosis” commonly name as “Porous Bone”. This happens when your bone loses too much calcium and become weak. This is very hard to detect and usually discovered only after a fracture occurs, or if a person shows reduced height or a humping of the back, or suffers low back pain.
A per son with Osteoporosis has bones that are brittle and fragile. This fragile bone can be break easily with a simple slip of fall or even with no injury at all.
Both men and women can suffer from Osteoporosis, but it is common in woman after menopause (when monthly period ends)
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