Osteoporosis risk assessment

  International Osteoporosis Foundation Osteoporosis Risk One-Minute Test Questions: (1) Have you ever injured your bones from a minor bump or fall?  (2) Have your parents ever broken a hip from a minor bump or fall?  (3) Do you regularly take hormonal drugs such as cortisone and prednisone for more than three months in a row?  (4) Have you lost height (more than 3cm) from your youth?  (5) Do you drink a lot of alcohol?  (6) Do you smoke more than 20 cigarettes a day?  (7) Do you often suffer from diarrhea? (caused by gastrointestinal diseases or enteritis) (8) Answer for woman: Did you go through menopause before 45 years old?  (9) Answer for women: Have you ever had no menstruation for more than 12 months in a row (except during pregnancy)?  (10) Men: Do you suffer from impotence or lack of sexual desire?  As long as the answer to one of the questions is “yes”, it is considered positive, and a dual-energy X-ray bone densitometry is recommended for those who are positive.