Osteoporosis is one of the most common diseases of human bone tissue. It causes a decrease in bone mass, micro-architectural disorders of the bone tissue and an increase in fracture risk.
This method is one of the most important measures in the fight against osteoporosis. This is a simple study, which is a non-invasive method and allows you to quickly, safely and with high accuracy measure and determine bone mineral density and prescribe therapy on time, without bringing the disease to severe stages when it will already be incurable. Bone calcium stores begin to decline after age 30 and can reach a critical minimum by age 50, making the diagnosis of bone health especially important in adulthood.
Bone densitometry is the only method that can confirm the diagnosis and detect the disease in the early stages.
Doctors suggest Densitometry for the following symptoms:
There are also a number of conditions for which densitometry is recommended:
For preventive purposes, different types of this examination (including dental densitometry) are used in such cases:
There are not many, and they are related to the nature of the type of densitometry used: