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Brittle Bones Part 2 (Teacher: Michael)
If anyone has been told they have
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thinning of bone (and this has to be proved by X-ray), they must take extra care not to do any heavy lifting or straining. They need
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diet with plenty of protein and vitamins. These last two are so often poorly supplied in
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elderly, who sometimes live alone, and have no stimulus to do proper baking or cooking. For
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long time, it was thought that this thinning of bone at any age might be due to
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lack of calcium, and patients were stuffed with it.
Big doses of calcium were disappointing, and
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varied diet gives anybody enough of this mineral anyway. Finally, if grandma is changing houses after her brood has grown up, try to get her to accept
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bungalow instead of
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up-and-down. Fractures are much less frequent in
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former.
There are now drugs available to help combat
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problem, but taking precautions to avoid falls is always practical.
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