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TESTING FOR
OSTEOPOROSIS
Osteoporosis
Osteoporosis literally meaning
“porous bones”, is a chronic progressive disease which troubles a
significant number odf the population.
It is characterised by:
Ø Low
bone mass
Ø Micro-architectural
deterioration of bone tissue
Ø Bone
becomes fragile
Ø Increase
risk of breaks, wrist, spine & hip
Ø Affects
the whole skeleton
Ø Affects
1 in 3 women over the age of 50
Ø Affects
1 in 12 men over the age of 50
Ø 3
million people in the UK
suffer the disease
Ø Each
year in UK
o
70,000 hip fractures
o
50,000 wrist fractures
o
120,000 spinal fractures
Risk
Natural bone loss occurs as we get
older, however there are additional factors involved which increase the
risk of developing this silent chronic disease. Some risk factors are shown in the table
to the left.
Testing
for Osteoporosis
The traditional way to diagnose
osteoporosis is by a bone density scan.
However knowing who fast bone losers are is key to preventative
treatment and the NTx test available at our clinic is highly predictive for
the onset of osteoporosis.
Sample
requirement
Only a small urine sample is requires
and results are available in about 10 working days.
Enquires:
0800 043 1701
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