Re: osteomalacia; was: Animal protein = weak bones in women?

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Is there a test for osteomalacia?

Nerissa Belcher wrote:

> I don't think last years DEXA was misleading due to weight loss

> simply because I had back and left hip pain for several years which

> went away once on calcium supplements. I was on alendronate (generic

> Fosamax) last year also for about three months but stopped it due to

> my concerns it is going to be proven eventually to be a dangerous drug

> for me. This thought due to reports that alendronate may make

> osteomalacia worse. I suspect I have mild osteomalacia due to calcium

> absorption problems rather than osteoporosis.

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Hi Apricot,

Low vitamin D is the cause of osteomalacia. So, doctors test for vitamin D to give a strong clue. A bone biopsy nails the diagnosis if necessary.

I suspect history is more important that either test, however. For example, I felt good as in little bone or joint pain since childhood only if I had a large amount of sunlight exposure (makes vitamin D). Yet oral vitamin D is ineffective. Unfortunately doctors have long since lost the ability to take adequate medical histories in their efforts to become high paid technicians for the insurance companies.

Nerissa

apricot85 <apricot85@...> wrote:

Is there a test for osteomalacia?Nerissa Belcher wrote:.. I suspect I have mild osteomalacia due to calcium absorption problems rather than osteoporosis.I dreamed I was the Creator and when I awoke I saw it was true

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PS - http://courses.washington.edu/bonephys/hypercalU/opmal2.html shows a variety of things that cause osteomalacia. Low vitamin D is the reason most but not all of the time.

NABNerissa Belcher <nerissa_ab@...> wrote:

Hi Apricot,

Low vitamin D is the cause of osteomalacia. So, doctors test for vitamin D to give a strong clue. A bone biopsy nails the diagnosis if necessary.

I suspect history is more important that either test, however. For example, I felt good as in little bone or joint pain since childhood only if I had a large amount of sunlight exposure (makes vitamin D). Yet oral vitamin D is ineffective. Unfortunately doctors have long since lost the ability to take adequate medical histories in their efforts to become high paid technicians for the insurance companies.

Nerissa

apricot85 <apricot85@...> wrote:

Is there a test for osteomalacia?Nerissa Belcher wrote:.. I suspect I have mild osteomalacia due to calcium absorption problems rather than osteoporosis.

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