Brittle Bones Part 1

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Brittle Bones Part 1 (Teacher: Michael)

It's quite right - old people should try to keep young. Try to keep up old interests. Even develop some hobbies. But there's one luxury they should spare themselves: falling down. Slippery floors and rugs with ragged edges may be relatively harmless for youngsters, but should always be avoided for older people.

It's true as we get older we fall more clumsily and frequently; but also our bones get weaker. worsening of bones is because of changes in bone structure. You could take some of struts and supports out of bridge, and it might look just same, and certainly no smaller.

But one would not suggest trains could still go over it. Thinning of bones is called osteoporosis, and it can happen for other reasons than old age. It is more common in women than in men: former most often at time of menopause. unhappy weakening of our bones can also follow regular and prolonged taking of certain drugs, especially cortisone.

Osteoporosis can cause lot of odd symptoms. It is sometimes cause of backache; or patient gets broken bone after remarkably trivial accident. In elderly it is generally long thigh bone - femur - which collapses under quite minor strain or fall.

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