The Subtle Early Warning Signs of Osteoporosis
An estimated 10 million Americans aged 50 and older have osteoporosis, a condition that causes bone loss and a higher risk of fractures.
Your risk of getting the disease increases as you get older, making it important to be aware of early warning signs of osteoporosis.
Osteoporosis is known as a silent disease, because it doesn’t usually cause symptoms.
However, there are subtle warning signs that you might be developing osteoporosis. Experts in the field include:
- Katherine D. Van Schaik, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of musculoskeletal radiology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- David Cutler, M.D., family medicine physician at Providence Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, CA
- Varun Kumar Singh, M.B.B.S., orthopedic surgeon at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
- Neel Anand, M.D.
Author's summary: Osteoporosis has subtle early warning signs.