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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 that as we get older we fall more clumsily and frequently; but also our bones get weaker. This worsening of
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bones is because of changes in
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bone structure. You could take some of
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struts and supports out of
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bridge, and it might look just
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same, and certainly no smaller.
But one would not suggest that 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:
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former most often at
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time of
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menopause. This unhappy weakening of our bones can also follow
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regular and prolonged taking of certain drugs, especially cortisone.
Osteoporosis can cause
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lot of odd symptoms. It is sometimes
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cause of backache; or
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patient gets
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broken bone after
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remarkably trivial accident. In
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elderly it is generally
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long thigh bone -
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femur - which collapses under quite
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minor strain or fall.
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