Dangers of osteoporosis in the elderly: The first point is pain. In some people, due to severe osteoporosis, the bones of the whole body hurt, where it hurts, irregularly, which seriously affects the quality of life. The reason bone pain occurs is because there is a kind of osteoclast in the bone, which swallows up your bone, and it eats your bone while the pain occurs. Another hazard is fractures. The most common fracture is a fracture of the distal forearm. The second type of fracture is compression fracture of the lumbar and thoracic vertebrae. Hunchback is caused by compression fracture of the lumbar and thoracic vertebrae. The third type of fracture is hip fracture, which is more serious, because hip fracture patients will be bedridden, and many complications may occur after the elderly are bedridden, and some studies show that the mortality rate of hip fracture can reach 20% after one year. Another fracture site is the femoral neck fracture, which also requires bed rest and has a poor prognosis. These are the main dangers of osteoporosis, which seriously affects the quality of life of the elderly.