Sentences with phrase «as a bone fracture»

It is highly recommended to see a sports medicine / orthopedic doctor to rule out other injuries such as a bone fracture.

In humans, osteoporosis can cause serious problems such as bone fractures, mobility limitations and spinal problems; more than 52 million Americans have or are at risk for the disease.

The long period of immobilization can also cause medical complications such as bone fractures and blood clots.

A common effect of multiple myeloma is osteoporosis, and as a consequence patients develop intense back pain as their vertebrae become compressed as well as bone fractures.

Gastroenterologists already are cautious regarding the use of the drugs, because they've been tied to other health problems such as bone fractures and infections of C. difficile and pneumonia, said Dr. Arun Swaminath, director of the inflammatory bowel disease program at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City.

Digital X-rays are helpful in identifying a variety of pet health issues, such as bone fractures, hip dysplasia and cat and dog arthritis.

The films can help detect such problems as bone fractures and identify objects in the stomach, intestines and urinary tract.

Some falls, however, result in serious injuries such as bone fractures and traumatic brain injuries.

Not exact matches

New research suggests that regular consumption of chocolate may weaken bone density and strength, which in turn could increase the risk of health problems such as osteoporosis and fracture.

With the feeling in his feet deadened, Walton had no way of knowing that he was placing too much stress on them; as a consequence, Daly believes, the tarsal navicular bone in his left foot fractured.

Low bone mineral density may cause injuries such as stress fractures and result in negative long - term effects.

The fractured calf bone he suffered last Thursday gives him little recovery time, and after narrowly missing out on the two previous World Cups, he seems likely to sit out this one as well.

Then he suggested to consult orthopedic doctor, and the orthopedic told that babies never get fractured as there bones are like elastic and he suggested with the same medicine.

As a result, periods missed due to malnutrition suggest low estrogen, and therefore a potential for poor bone growth, which, in turn, compromises bones and can lead to early hip fractures in a woman's 30s and to osteoporosis.

A seemingly small injury, such as a hairline fracture, may feel like more of an annoyance to the athlete, but overusing the leg by continuing to participate in the sport may result in the fracture getting bigger and the bone weakening.

b) countries that have the highest consumption of milk also have the highest incidence of hip fractures and the worst bone health as they age.

As Harvard's Dr. Willett says, there's no evidence of an outbreak of bone fractures in children.

Falls can be serious, but baby and toddler bones are soft, so they don't fracture as easily as those of an older child.

These are factors such as bone deformity, fracture, rotation or a disease.

Additionally, the diabetic mice had considerably lower spongy bone mass, known as trabecular bone, making it easy to fracture.

As a result, over the first year off therapy, bone mineral density (BMD) declines significantly and fracture risk increases.

Bone complications, such as hip or back fractures, can be devastating.

As more and more patients successfully manage diabetes with drugs that increase their insulin sensitivity, doctors and researchers have observed a serious problem: The drugs seem to decrease the activity of cells that produce bone, leaving patients prone to fractures and osteoporosis.

Twenty - six patients had no infection, but reported other complications such as problems with the orthopaedic hardware, problems with skin and soft tissue, or fracture of the femur bone.

«These women with healthier diets didn't lose bone as quickly as those with high - inflammation diets, and this is important because after menopause women see a drastic loss in bone density that contributes to fractures,» Orchard said.

These associations persisted even after adjusting for factors such as bone mineral density, physical activity, smoking and alcohol use, calcium and vitamin D intake, falls and all other known fracture risk factors.

Women who suffer such fractures should undergo bone mineral density testing, and women with a bone mineral density T - score of equal to or less than -1.0 should be diagnosed as having osteoporosis, they write.

Self - reporting of fractures may not be as accurate as medically verified breaks, but misclassifications of fractures in the WHI have been low; WHI participants may be healthier than other women, so these findings may not be representative of postmenopausal women as a whole and the number of women who had normal bone mineral density but nonetheless suffered wrist fractures was low

... Finally, this study draws attention to the need for large controlled clinical trials to determine if a combination of fall prevention strategies and treatment with bone - active drugs might produce additive benefits on fractures, especially in high - risk populations such as those living in nursing homes.

... It would be premature to use this study to immediately modify our clinical use of potent bone - active agents in the nursing home population with documented osteoporosis (i.e. those who have a low BMD as a major risk factor for fracture).

«This new MRI greatly improves the visualization of bone and soft tissue when there is metal in a joint, such as the screws used to repair a hip fracture,» explained Hollis G. Potter, M.D., Chairman of the Department of Radiology and Imaging at HSS.

A SURGICAL paste that hardens to form artificial bone may cut the number of operations needed by patients who have suffered fractures, as well as reducing their recovery times.

«Terrestrial animals like antelopes and gazelles, elephants and rhinos and giraffes — all these bones show very similar fracture and breakage patterns as Lucy,» adds paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson of ASU, co-discoverer of Lucy.

Anti-diabetic drugs known as glitazones (TZDs) target the PPARγ protein, but that interaction leads to severe bone loss and increased fractures.

Factors such as low bone density and previous fractures are commonly used to predict an individual's risk of experiencing a fracture over the next 10 years.

Lead author, Dr. Helena Johansson of the Centre for Metabolic Bone Diseases, University of Sheffield Medical School, UK, stated, «We need to be concerned about hip fractures as they are the most serious and disabling osteoporosis - related fractures.

We hope that this will provide valuable information which in the future may allow the inclusion of bone turnover markers in fracture risk estimation tools such as FRAX.»

The data also serve as a warning to physicians treating patients with osteoporosis to think beyond the standard bone density test when assessing risks of hip and other fractures.

Young athletes showing signs of notable or severe low back pain should be checked for spondylolysis, also known as a pars interarticularis stress fracture or the breaking of a small connecting bone in the lower back that could cause a spinal bone to disconnect and slip forward.

The use of selective serotonin - reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), a class of drugs broadly prescribed for mood disorders as well as for nonpsychiatric conditions, previously has been associated with an increased risk of bone fracture.

The institute's physicians are experts in services such as adult reconstructive surgery, hand, upper extremity and microvascular surgery, shoulder and elbow surgery, arthroscopic surgery, pediatric orthopedics, treatment for spinal conditions, sports medicine, complete management of simple and complex fractures, incomplete bone healing, bone deformities and bone infections, and bone and soft tissue tumors.

«Osteoporosis, for example, causes bones to become weak and brittle — so brittle that even mild stresses (such as bending over or coughing) can cause a fracture,» he adds.

Letrozole has side effects, and the women who took it for a prolonged period as part of the study suffered more bone pain, fractures and the onset of osteoporosis compared with the women who didn't get the drug.

Our Geriatric Inpatient Fracture Service (GIFTS), for example, treats seniors with broken bones, ensuring that they are seen quickly, stay in the hospital for as little time as necessary, and have their families included in care and recovery plans.

He showed evidence of decreased bone volume in SMA mouse models of various severity, as well as increased fractures and osteoclast formation.

Potential cardioprotection was based on generally supportive data on lipid levels in intermediate outcome clinical trials, trials in nonhuman primates, and a large body of observational studies suggesting a 40 % to 50 % reduction in risk among users of either estrogen alone or, less frequently, combined estrogen and progestin.2 - 5 Hip fracture was designated as a secondary outcome, supported by observational data as well as clinical trials showing benefit for bone mineral density.6, 7 Invasive breast cancer was designated as a primary adverse outcome based on observational data.3, 8 Additional clinical outcomes chosen as secondary outcomes that may plausibly be affected by hormone therapy include other cardiovascular diseases; endometrial, colorectal, and other cancers; and other fractures.3, 6,9

«This exposes the whole body to the drugs, which can lead to side effects such as stomach upset, weight gain, and bone fractures.»

When cancer spreads to the bones in the spine, it can indeed cause back pain, as well as swelling and fractures.

Although a bone density test reports if you are doing better, there could still be a risk of fracture, as the test measures the quantity of bone, and not the quality.

As a consequence, the calcium loss weakens bones, putting them at greater risk of fracture.