DIABETICS AT HIGHER RISK FOR FRACTURES

Most people undergo Bone Mineral Density (BMD) testing to determine if they are at greater risk for developing fractures. A recent study published in the JAMA analyzed three large studies of people in their seventies with diabetes. They found that for a given BMD result and age, people with diabetes were more likely to suffer a fracture than nondiabetics.

COMMENT: For unknown reasons, the BMD does not truly reflect fracture risk in diabetics. If you are a diabetic, understand that if your BMD is borderline or mildly decreased, you may have the same fracture risk as if you had osteoporosis and should be protected.

Posted on Tue, September 20, 2011 by Larry Altshuler, M.D. filed under

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1. Ana wrote:
i was diagnosed with a incmeplote stress fracture of the femoral neck in July 2009, i had pain through running weeks prior to being diagnosed, i was runnng has a hobby just for fitness for myself and to help with stanima when showing my dogs, i went to the doctors in June and she sent me away with ibufren for a strain and told me to rest, which i did, then after a few weeks i run again, and again the pain returned in my groin, i ran again the weekend after at a dog show, this time after the class i broke down and was unable to put my leg on the ground at all i was in total agony, the next morning in pain i came straight to my computer and put in the symptoms, which came up STRESS FRACTURE!!! i went back to the doctor on the same morning but a different doctor and told him, what had been happening, he sent me straight away for a x-ray, which i had and nothing showed up, i told him nothing may show up if it was a stress fracture, i was given crutches unti my x-ray came back, and guess what nothing showed up, i then told the doctor i was in lots of pain and something wasn't right, he then sent me for a MRI scan which took 1 month before i could be see for the scanned, so by this time 6 weeks had already past by, it also took a further 10 more days for my MRI scan results to come through to my doctors surgery, and as i had guessed i had a substantial incmeplote fracture of the femoral neck, my doctors face was a picture, he looked at me has if to say how did you know! i know my body and i wasn't being put of this time with ibufren, i went to see a ortherpedic surgeon and i am stil on crutches 4 months down the line, we took a x-ray about 2 weeks ago and it now shows up the fracture which is on the under side and all the way across, i have been taking calcium and Vit D and it has shown on the x-ray this time with new bone growth, so we are going to stay with the crutches till the 20th November, then we will take another x-ray to see how it is progressing and maybe to start some theraphy if its looking better.I cannot wait to start to jog a little again its driving me mad i am a very active person, now doing nothing!!! So i no how you all feel.

Mon, May 21, 2012 @ 2:01 PM

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