ea0031p31 | Bone | SFEBES2013
Paul Thomas
, Mruthyunjaya Mahesh
, Shyamasunder Asha
, Naik Dukhabandu
, Rajaratnam Simon
, Thomas Nihal
Introduction: Osteoporosis is a silent disease and fractures pose enormous medical and financial burden on ageing individuals. Also subjects of younger age are at risk for subnormal bone mineral density when they have systemic disorders like rheumatoid arthritis or on long-term medications like corticosteroids. Preventive measures can be initiated if osteoporosis is diagnosed and treated before any fracture occurs. Even after the first fracture has occurred, there are effectiv...