2024-05-02 05:43:35
Eight out of ten women are not treated for osteoporosis following a first fracture caused by this disease, according to the Frisbee study conducted by Brugmann University Hospital and cited in Le Soir on Thursday.
Called the “silent thief”, osteoporosis causes no symptoms as long as a bone is not broken.
However, the epidemiological study coordinated by Professor Jean-Jacques Body, internist and endocrinologist, shows that 80% of women who have suffered a first fragility fracture, caused by osteoporosis, are not offered specific treatment. “A first fragility fracture, a big warning sign, often goes completely under the radar,” Mr Body points out. In the question? Lack of information and awareness, both among patients and first-line doctors, regarding a disease which according to a recent report de Sciensano affects between 13 and 22% of women (1.8 – 6.6% of men), but which is still little known and neglected.
The study thus developed a more reliable prediction tool for fracture risk in women over 60 by testing the usefulness of several risk factors. “Among these are age, bone mass, low BMI, other chronic diseases, or even early menopause. And then there are also previous fractures that pose a great risk since they will be followed in almost half of the cases by a second osteoporotic fracture , and so on.”
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