Guzmán LKN, Pazmiño MAM, Ortiz GLB, OJ

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ABSTRACT

Osteoporosis has become a public health problem on a planetary scale. It is estimated that between 30 and 50% of postmenopausal women will be affected by this disease. Objective: to analyze postmenopausal osteoporosis as a current health problem. Development: although osteoporosis is characterized in both sexes as a product of aging, it behaves more frequently and accentuates in the female sex, thanks to the accelerated bone loss that takes place after the processes of the menopause and that obeys to the prolonged deprivation of estrogens. So, one in two women in contrast to one in ten men will potentially be subject to a fracture throughout their life, essentially in recent years. Fractures of osteoporotic origin regularly occur in the vertebral bodies, the proximal femur and the distal radius. Conclusions: fractures associated with osteoporosis are considered as a factor to consider, taking into account their incidence in the morbidity of the population on a planetary scale, which leads to a significant burden for health services. In particular, hip fractures produce high rates of pain, impairment of function and hospital care, a factor that allows prevention to be established as a priority for patients, physicians and public health.