[1]
Iraj Salehi-Abari, Rheumatology Research Center, Amir Alam Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
[2]
Shabnam Khazaeli, Private Sector, Tehran, Iran.
[3]
Ali Niksirat, Internal Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran.
Osteoporosis is a bone disease in which low bone mass along with bad quality of bone leads to increased fragility of bone. Bone is a dynamic organ. During growing years, bone remodeling in which bone formation is more than bone resorption can result in peak bone mass (PBM), at the age of 30±5 years. After that, bone remodeling in which bone formation is less than bone resorption results in bone loss. Nowadays TV viewing and cellphone/computer using continue to increase and the time spent in physical activities is declining among teens, youngs and adults. Excess coffee and fast food consumption, excess tobacco using and alcohol intake, are routine bad habits in the world especially among teens and youngers. We know that all of above mentioned items can decrease peak bone mass and increase bone loss. So, corresponding author (ISA) announces that the Tsunami of Osteoporosis will be coming in the future not far.
Tsunami, Osteoporosis, BMD Testing, Amir Alam Hospital Guideline
[1]
WHO scientific group on the assessment of osteoporosis at the primary health care level: Summary meeting report, 2004. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2007
[2]
National Osteoporosis Foundation. 2013 Clinician's guide to prevention and treatment of osteoporosis http://nof.org/hcp/clinicians-guide (Accessed on February 26, 2014).
[3]
Binkley N, Bilezikian JP, Kendler DL, et al. Summary of the International Society for Clinical Densitometry 2005 Position Development Conference. J Bone Miner Res 2007; 22:643
[4]
World health organization. WHO scientific group on the assessment of osteoporosis at primary health care level. Summary Meeting Report. Brussels, Belgium, May 2004
[5]
Xiong J, Onal M, Jilka RL, et al. Matrix-embedded cells control osteoclast formation. Nat Med 2011; 17:1235.
[6]
Manolagas SC. Birth and death of bone cells: basic regulatory mechanisms and implications for the pathogenesis and treatment of osteoporosis. Endocr Rev 2000; 21:115.
[7]
Looker AC, Melton LJ 3rd, Borrud LG, Shepherd JA. Lumbar spine bone mineral density in US adults: demographic patterns and relationship with femur neck skeletal status. Osteoporos Int 2012; 23:1351.
[8]
Kanis JA, Borgstrom F, De Laet C, et al. Assessment of fracture risk. Osteoporos Int 2005; 16:581
[9]
Slemenda CW, Christian JC, Reed T, et al. Long-term bone loss in men: effects of genetic and environmental factors. Ann Intern Med 1992; 117:286.
[10]
Salehi-Abari I, Khazaeli S, Nahafizadeh SR, Ashraf H, MalekpourM. High prevalence of low bone density in young Iranian healthy individuals. Clin Rheumatol 2009;28(2):173–7.
[11]
Salehi‐Abari I. Early diagnosis of osteopenia/osteoporosis by bone mineral density test using DXA method in early adulthood. International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases, 2015
