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Diagnosing osteoporosis
A medical evaluation for osteoporosis includes your medical history, measuring your height, examining your spine for curvature, x-rays, bone mineral density (BMD) test and lab tests.
What exactly does -3.8 mean?
- By Uma · New reply February 8, 2009
- 12 replies
- Hi, I hope this is not a stupid question but what exactly does -3.8 mean? For some reason, I think (and have told people) that 38% of my spine is gone. Is this accurate? Is there another way of looking ...
Question about my T-scores
- By maureen86 · New reply January 21, 2009
- 3 replies
- Hello! I am 46 years old and have primary amenorrhea. I feel that the problems I am experiencing now are due to me neglecting to keep up on hormone replacement therapy. I was recently sent for a bone ...
Happy New Year!
- By sdivas · New reply January 8, 2009
- 9 replies
- As we begin a New Year, I'd like to thank: NOF for giving us a support community. The B's (previous online chat group) would often discuss the need for a discussion group under the NOF banner. NOF responded ...
bone quality vs bone quantity
- By linnyd531 · New reply December 30, 2008
- 14 replies
- hi all, i'm currently reading the myth of osteoporosis and gaining a lot of insight into the medical establishment as a whole. apparently, bone quality is an important indicator for bone fracture...maybe ...
T-score discrepancies
- By Koo · New reply December 15, 2008
- 6 replies
- I was diagnosed with osteopenia 2 years ago my T-score for spine was -1.3 and hip -1.5. After having a child and breastfeeding I recently had another scan. The shocking results came back of T-score spine ...
Pilatesstyle magazine mentions NOF
- By sdivas · New reply November 24, 2008
- 2 replies
- My advocacy interest has been with osteoporosis and exercise; mostly specific exercise like Pilates, yoga, etc.There have been numerous phone chats, emails, and snail mail regarding osteoporosis and exercise ...
Osteoporosis Screening: What You Need to Know
- By KMFDallas · Posted November 2, 2008
- 0 replies
- Osteoporosis Screening: What You Need to Know Worst Pills Best Pills Newsletter article November, 2008 As older adults face pressure from their doctors to be tested (and then possibly treated) for osteoporosis ...
Collagen Cross Links as Markers of Bone Turnover
- By litltopaz · New reply November 1, 2008
- 8 replies
- Has anyone seen any clinical studies over the past year that would support the use of biochemical markers for use in diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis? My insurance has cited the "original NOF guidelines ...
Monday 10/20 World Osteoporosis Day
- By sdivas · New reply October 20, 2008
- 4 replies
- On October 20, the NOF joins bone health organizations from around the globe to celebrate World Osteoporosis Day. This year's theme is "Stand Tall - Speak Out For Your Bones". There are easy ways for ...
Future fracture risk?
- By englishrose · New reply September 10, 2008
- 4 replies
- Hi, I was diagnosed recently at the age of 39 (-3.8 in the spine but only -2 in the hips). Despite seeing a specialist and being put on Alendronic Acid no-one's really explained these scores to me, and ...
Sales Promotions Not Permitted
- By sdivas · New reply September 1, 2008
- 8 replies
- If any community members are receiving messages promoting the sale of a specific item, please post and report or private message sdivas and/or pgreene (NOF community volunteer moderators). Promotion of ...
Is your doctor using FRAX?
- By Poet-Lady · New reply August 26, 2008
- 3 replies
- Is anyone's doctor using the new FRAX tool, the algorithm for assessing ten-year risk fracture? Has your doctor even heard of it? I asked my gynecologist and she had never heard of it. I asked my rheumatologist ...
How accurate are the bone density tests?
- By momram · New reply August 14, 2008
- 15 replies
- I am a new member to this wonderful site. Thank you all for caring and sharing. I am 59 and have had osteo for maybe 8 years now. My MD never seems too knowledgable or concerned with my scores. The T-score ...
Calcium Bonding Strength
- By Eamenard · Posted July 29, 2008
- 0 replies
- Has anyone read or heard about any research on the bonding strength of calcium molecules in bone? Since BMD doesn't tell us fracturability, maybe the strength of bonding between the calcium molecules ...
FRAX article in The Boston Globe
- By Tinkerr · Posted July 29, 2008
- 0 replies
- Thanks to all those who responded. I'm working on publishing a longer version of this story -- TR http://www.boston.com/news/health/articl es/2008/07/28/is_the_new_test_for_osteop orosis_better_than_a_bone_density_test ...
How often do you get a bond density scan?
- By Poet-Lady · New reply July 25, 2008
- 5 replies
- I just had my first bone density scan and it showed that I have osteopenia in both the hip and spine. The recommendation is to have the test every two years. Is anyone getting it every year ...
Bone
- By DeannaB · Posted July 7, 2008
- 0 replies
- The article entitled "Bone" found in Wikipedia contains more information than you will ever want regarding bone anatomy and physiology. There are many links in the article, available with a simple mouseclick ...
Bone Strength
- By bgillis · New reply June 29, 2008
- 9 replies
- DEXA does not tell you how "strong" your bones are. It seems that many women fracture in the 2s while some women don't fracture w/lower DEXA numbers. The Manatee has extremely dense bones & fractures ...
diagnosis
- By design · New reply June 27, 2008
- 2 replies
- which is the best diagnostic test used for detecting osteoporosis ...
Here's my test scores, confused
- By Shepherdess · New reply June 27, 2008
- 3 replies
- Well, I had asked my NP for my bone density test scores back in Dec and she gave them to me. Then I promptly mis-filed them and couldn't find them at all. I uncovered them 2 days ago and now want to post ...
