Are there symptoms of osteoporosis? - Osteoporosis Message Board

dahlia41 · 12-08-2004, 01:37 PM

Just wondering. One grandmother and one aunt were hump-backed, and I am now having a tingling sensation across the top of my back, across my shoulders. Is this a symptom of osteoporosis? I really am clueless. Thanks for any help or suggested websites.

peregrine · 12-09-2004, 03:47 AM

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Originally Posted by dahlia41

Just wondering. One grandmother and one aunt were hump-backed, and I am now having a tingling sensation across the top of my back, across my shoulders. Is this a symptom of osteoporosis? I really am clueless. Thanks for any help or suggested websites.

Osteo is often called the silent disease because there ususally are no such symptoms, pain, etc., unless small spinal fractures have occured, but even those sometimes do not produce pain. Have a Dexa Scan if you are concerned.

snowmelts · 12-09-2004, 05:34 PM

YEP darned good and silent.
It just sneaks up on you.

My elderly mother is horribly bent but she said she never had pain from that. She had other serious back problems and paid attention to those never considering osteoporosis. She is extremely bent but never had a scan. She says what's the diff since she has so many back problems.

I feel it is important. I don't want a back like hers. I have bad osteoArthritis and I sure didn't need anything else in my spine or hips.

The wake up call for me was when my adult son came over and I asked him to reach something..

He said "Mom, you shrunk"

My thoughts immediatly flashed back to when I was young and had said the same thing to my aunt.

Those words woke me up fast enough. I asked my Dr to check my hieght. I was 1 & 3/4 inches shorter.

Then of course I went for a bone density scan and it showed the osteroporosis is definatly there.

So I guess the first noticable visible sign without a test is your height.

Try on a pair of slacks, dress or skirt from a few seasons ago..is it too long for you now? Mine are.. just a bit. I used to buy AVG length salcks. Now I am between AVG and Short.. nothing actually fits right any more.

A bone density scan is competely painless and not time consumeing at all. I highly recommend having one on your spine and hips just for peace of mind if you have an genetic trend toward this bone problem.

A neighbor had a scan on her hand only.. I think to just scan the hand is silly waste of money and time, since its the spine and hips that are so very important and if you have no loss in your hand it does NOT mean you have no loss in your spine or hips.

You really need one on your spine and hips. Rates of loss are diff on diff bones in your body.

I have lost MUCH more bone density in my spine than on my hips.

mel1977 · 12-12-2004, 01:08 AM

sounds to me more like a posture, spinal, or muscle issue. Have you talked to your dr about this? An MRI might be helpful. Are you in pain, if so, what kind is it? May be good to check out the back problems board. Good luck to you. I am afraid I could be in the early stages of Osteo too, but my upper back and shoulder problems are due to neck issues.

twisten · 12-14-2004, 06:48 PM

I have pain in my lower, mid and upper back. I have some myofascial damage and osteoporosis/osteopenia. The doctors have told me the pain is from the myofascial AND the osteoporosis. They said some people do get pain with it and some don't.