Healthy Living
This page contains translated articles from a Belgian Health website. Although written for western people in a four-season-a-year environment, Filipinos can apply/benifit from some of the descriptions in the articles.
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Osteoporosis or bone decalcification is a disease that affects the bones. The bone mass decreases and the bones become porous.
An increase in the risk of fractures (especially of the hip, femur and wrist) and spinal collapse causing the body length to decrease are the main consequences. For example, a small accident, for example an unfortunate punch against a table edge, may be enough to break the wrist.
