BONE DISORDERS

The skeleton is active organ that is remodeling (rebuilding) throughout lifetime. It is important to supply body with enough calcium and vitamin D to be able to constantly rebuild and repair skeleton.

Physical exercise also helps preserve healthy skeleton. Male and female sex hormones play important role in skeletal metabolism and lack leads to weakening of bones (this why elderly individuals have more problems with bones than younger ones).

Disorders of bone metabolism are common and individuals at risk need to be tested for them.

The most common symptoms that occur relate to bone or joint pain. Other symptoms include swelling of joints, tenderness, or redness of the skin that covers the areas affected by Paget’s disease. Some people only become aware of their presentation of Paget’s disease after experiencing a fracture in a weakened bone.