Osteoporosis (Oxford American Rheumatology Library) Illustrated Edition

As when in Amazon we cannot look into the book, I here have put in a content list:Contents1 Definition and Epidemiology 12 Basic Bone Pathophysiology 53 Bone Densitometry and Other Technologies 154 Diagnosis 275 Identifying Patient at Risk of Fractures 356 Nonpharmacologic Management of Osteopenia and Osteoporosis 497 Pharmacological Management of Osteoporosis, Part 1 558 Pharmacological Management of Osteoporosis, Part 2 719 Monitoring Patients on Treatment 8510 Vertebral Augmentation Procedures 9311 Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis 9912 Primary Hyperparathyroidism 10513 Premenopausal Women 11114 Men 11715 Osteoporosis in Children and Adolescents 12316 Atypical Femoral Shaft Fracture 12917 Osteonecrosis of the Jaw 135Index 141The two authors are booth MD, and besides respectively FRCP, FACE and FACP, FACE, so they have more knowledge than the MDs, which I until now have met here in Chiang Mai.As a patient and not a doctor, I of cause instead of the mange sides with references would prefer text and pictures.I own many books about Osteoporosis, bought since way back in 2005, when by scanning as result of pain, it then was discovered that part of the bone marrow in forearm next to the right-side hand it was totally empty. In addition, by scanning in this year it has turned out that my legs are on -3.2, and thereby as bad as possible and therefore I have bought more books about Osteoporosis.In a figure in the book, the WHO Diagnostic Classification tells that between +1.0 and -1.0 bone is normal, between -1.0 and -2.5 then Osteopenia/Low Bone Mass, and more negative than -2.5 then Osteoporosis, and therefore in my case with -3.2 it is very bad.The book is really good with the mangy pictures of scanning’s, which I actually counts to 33. A couple of them very small, as showing the complete sides as we with texts get them in hospitals. On most of the scanning there are put in lines, for shoving the problems, as for example angel problem. Some scanning showing Kyphoplasty as filling in the back joints, and one with the text “atypically” fragility repair; the only one with bolts.On the side 100 we get 4 sheets, 2 for men and 2 for woman, af by these we see that by age, for African Americans the bone quality, strength, decrease less than for the White Americans, actually for the African Americans it doesn’t change at all! Some research person say that probably it is not natural that it falls the whites.In the chapter 13, “Premenopausal Women”, there is an interesting subchapter “Female Athlete Triad”, with bone problem caused by eating and so on.In the book, on the side 90, we read about “Bisphosphonate Dug Holiday”, there I am missing warning against this drug, among other that it has a halving time on 6 to 10 years.

Informative Book and a Necessary Reference Book

Very handy little book. Concise and clear