OSTEOPOROSIS is often known as “the silent thief” because bone loss occurs without any symptoms. You normally find out that you have been “robbed” when it is already too late. Your bones become fragile and the risk of fracture increases, particularly of the hip, spine and wrist.
Indeed, it is a most discriminating “thief”. Osteoporosis is sexist, racist and picks mercilessly on the elderly as well as the frail. The small built are targeted senselessly. The people most afflicted are ladies, the elderly and the Chinese.