Osteoporosis Report

3-11-09
Dear Granny,
I have been studying osteoporosis for the past two weeks and learned a lot and also found out things I thought were interesting! I wanted to write this to you because I know you're healthy, and it affects women who are older the most, and I thought of you!
Osteoporosis is one of the leading causes of bone fractures and breaks such as hip, wrist, spine and others. If you feel as if your bones are getting weaker and you are loosing strength you may want to consider having a bone density test! This test will give you the results in 2-4 days, and the test only takes 10-20 minutes.
I learned that fractures are mainly diagnosed by x-ray, telling if you have any broken bones. Then they will do another test most likely to see if you had a fracture by weak bones coming from osteoporosis possibly. When or if you do get diagnosed by it then they will be put you on medication. The doctor will tell you to take vitamin D and have a lot of calcium to help this. They also say to have a healthy lifestyle and exercise to stay strong and NOT to drink a lot of alcohol and to not smoke.
I hope that you like knowing that I have learned about osteoporosis and what I learned! I also hope that you know its out there and it wouldn't be random or unlikely to affect you. So maybe you learned something by me learning it and telling you!
Love you,
Kayla