>>CORLEY PEEL: AND THE UNITED STATES, MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN THEIR SUFFER FROM OSTEOPOROSIS
OR ARE AT RISK THE DISEASE CAN
BEEN AND WEAKENED BONES,
MAKING THEM FRAGILE AND BREAK
EASILY. DOCTOR. DIANE JOHNSON
IS THE DIRECTOR OF BREAST
IMAGING AT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
SHE’S JOINING US NOW. GOOD
MORNING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US. THE MORNING
CORLEY. IT’S GREAT TO BE WITH
YOU TODAY. CAN YOU JUST TELL
US WHAT IS ASKED YOU A PRO
SAYS AND WHY SHOULD WOMEN
WORRY ABOUT BONE HOUSE?
>> WELL, THROUGHOUT OUR ENTIRE
LIVES ARE OLD. PHONE IS BEING
BROKEN DOWN. A NEW BONE IS
BEING FORMED AND OSTEOPOROSIS
OCCURS WHEN THIS NEW BONE
FORMATION CAN’T KEEP UP WITH
THE LOSS OF OLD BOAT. AND AS
YOU SAID, THAT CAN RESULT IN
BECOMING BRITTLE AND BREAKING
EASILY. AND OF COURSE,
FRACTURES LEAD TO EXTREME PAIN
DISABILITY AND EVEN DEATHS IN
THE UNITED STATES. MORE THAN
2 MILLION FRACTURES A NEAR
ATTRIBUTED TO OSTEOPOROSIS YET
80% OF OLDER AMERICANS ARE NOT
SCREENED OR TREATED
OSTEOPOROSIS. WELL, AND
>>CORLEY PEEL: HOW WOULD
SOMEONE KNOW IF THEY HAVE
OSTEOPOROSIS AND WHAT ARE SOME
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
>> TO IS USUALLY ASYMPTOMATIC,
WHICH IS WHY IT’S SO IMPORTANT
TO HAVE A SCREENING TEST.
THERE ARE SOME FRONT SOME
SIGNS OF IT SUCH AS LOSS OF
HEIGHT OR A STOOPED POSTURE.
OBVIOUSLY, IF SOMEONE HAS
EASY, BROW BONE IS BROKEN
EASILY THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT
REALLY A SCREENING TESTS SUCH
DEXUS CAN IS VERY TO TO TO
KNOW IF YOU HAVE OSTEOPOROSIS
AND TO ASSESS YOUR FRACTURE
RISK AND WHEN SHOULD SOMEONE
BE SCREENED FOR OSTEOPOROSIS?
WELL, IN GENERAL WOMEN. 65 AND
OLDER SHOULD BE SCREENED FOR
OSTEOPOROSIS, BUT YOUNGER POST
MENOPAUSAL WOMEN MAY NEED
SCREENING AS WELL DEPENDING ON
THEIR RISK FACTORS. SO IT’S
REALLY IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO
TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR OR HEALTH
CARE PROFESSIONAL ABOUT YOUR
INDIVIDUAL RISK FACTORS. YOU
CAN DECIDE WHEN THE BEST TIME
TO START START SCREENING WOULD
BE WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE RISK
FACTORS FOR OSTEOPOROSIS?
WELL, THERE ARE A LOT TOO MUCH
TO RISK FACTORS AND THEY GLUE
THINGS SUCH AS YOU OR
BIOLOGICS EXO FEMALES,
ESPECIALLY POST MENOPAUSAL
FEMALES, HORMONAL CAN AFFECT
YOUR RISK. THERE ARE MANY
MEDICAL CONDITIONS AND CERTAIN
MEDICATIONS THEY CAN AFFECT
YOUR WRIST. ALSO HAVING A
SMALL STRAIN, CERTAIN RACES,
SESSIONS R PARK, ASIAN AND
ASIAN WOMEN ARE AT A HIGHER
RISK AND FAMILY HISTORY ALSO
PLAYS A ROLE.
>>CORLEY PEEL: AND YOU
MENTIONED EXCESS CAN WHAT DOES
AND EXCESS CAN INVOLVE AND HOW
SIMPLE IS IT TO GET ONE?
>> SO HERE AT THE MEMORIAL
WOMEN’S CENTER ON KERNAN AND
ATLANTIC, WE HAVE STATE OF THE
ART EQUIPMENT, WHICH INCLUDES
THIS DEXUS THIS TEXAS CAN. AND
AS YOU SEE, IT’S OPEN. IT’S
NOT A CLOSED. THERE’S SOMEBODY
WITH YOU DURING THE ENTIRE
PROCEDURE. THE PROCEDURE SELF
TAKES LESS THAN 30 IT USES
X-RAYS TO SCAN CERTAIN PARTS
OF THE SKELETON AND THEN WE
CAN USE THAT TO DETECT
OSTEOPOROSIS AS WELL AS ASSESS
YOUR FRACTURE RISK.
>>CORLEY PEEL: AND HOW CO
PROCES BE PREVENTED OR
TREATED?
>> SO THERE ARE LOTS OF WAYS
THAT YOU CAN PREVENT
OSTEOPOROSIS OR HELP PREVENT
ITS PROGRESSION. AND KEEP IN
MIND, THESE THINGS START EARLY
IN LIFE. YOU DON’T WANT TO
WAIT UNTIL YOU’VE BROKEN A
BONE OR USE DEVELOPED
OSTEOPOROSIS TO DO SOME OF
THESE THINGS. SO THERE ARE
LOTS OF LIFESTYLE FACTORS,
INCLUDING EATING A HEALTHY
DIET RICH IN FRUITS,
VEGETABLES, WHOLE GRAINS,
NUTS, SEEDS AND BEANS. AND
ESPECIALLY INCORPORATING DARK
GREEN, LEAFY VEGETABLES, AND
SOY PRODUCTS AND CALCIUM AND
VITAMIN D FORTIFIED FOODS.
WEIGHT-BEARING EXERCISE IS
VERY IMPORTANT. ALSO AVOIDING
ALCOHOL AND AVOIDING CAN HELP
REDUCE YOUR RISKS. I ALSO WANT
TO POINT OUT THAT MOST IN
AMERICA NEED A VITAMIN D
SUPPLEMENT. SO IT’S VERY
IMPORTANT TO SPEAK WITH YOUR
HEALTH CARE PROVIDER TO
DETERMINE WHETHER YOU NEED A
VITAMIN D SUPPLEMENT. AND IF
SO, WHAT DOES HE?
>>CORLEY PEEL: HE WAS ALWAYS
HEAR ABOUT. VITAMIN D IS SO
GOOD FOR YOU AND YOUR BONE
HEALTH. SO THIS IS ALL SUCH
GOOD INFORMATION. THANK YOU SO
MUCH, DOCTOR JOHNSON FOR
JOINING US THIS MORNING. OH,