Saturday, August 23, 2008

What You Need to Know About the Symptoms of Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis is known as a silent disease. What is meant by this is that the symptoms of osteoporosis stay hidden as they develop, and only make themselves known when these symptoms of osteoporosis are in more advanced stages. In other words, until your bones give way under small taps, or something so simple and common as a fall or a trip-up causes fractures, the symptoms of osteoporosis keep quiet. Another of the symptoms of osteoporosis, stooped posture and severe back pain, also remain shy until very late in its development.