Dr. Suk addresses osteoporosis in Danville, a condition where bones weaken and become more likely to break. Care centers on bone-health measures, fall prevention, and coordination with your primary or bone-health physician. Dr. Suk also treats the fractures that osteoporosis can cause.
Miachel Suk diagnoses and treats osteoporosis in Danville, from the first visit through recovery.
What do patients ask most?
Does osteoporosis have symptoms?+
Who should be tested for osteoporosis?+
Can osteoporosis be treated?+
What is a fragility fracture?+
What is Osteoporosis?
Osteoporosis is a condition in which bone becomes less dense and more fragile, so it breaks more easily.
It often has no symptoms until a fracture happens.
It is more common with age and after menopause, and certain medicines and health conditions raise the risk. The bones of the hip, spine, and wrist are common sites of fragility fractures, which occur from a minor fall or even normal loads.
Osteoporosis is measurable and manageable. Identifying it early, before a fracture, allows steps that reduce the chance of a break.
How is Osteoporosis diagnosed, and what does the visit involve?
Osteoporosis is diagnosed with a bone-density scan, a DXA test that measures how strong the bones are, often reported as a T-score.
It may be found after a fragility fracture prompts testing. Dr. Suk coordinates with your primary or bone-health physician so that testing and medicine are managed together.
What is recovery like for Osteoporosis?
Osteoporosis is a long-term condition managed over years.
The aim is to keep bone as strong as possible and to prevent fractures. When a fracture does happen, it is treated on its own terms, and the underlying bone health is addressed to lower the chance of the next one. Progress is tracked with repeat bone-density testing over time.
What are the treatment options?
- 01Bone-density testing, called a DXA scan, to measure and monitor bone strengthBone-density testing, called a DXA scan, to measure and monitor bone strength.
- 02Adequate calcium and vitamin D, and weight-bearing exercise as advisedAdequate calcium and vitamin D, and weight-bearing exercise as advised.
- 03Fall-prevention steps at home to lower fracture riskFall-prevention steps at home to lower fracture risk.
- 04Review of medicines and health conditions that affect boneReview of medicines and health conditions that affect bone.
- 05Prescription bone medicines, managed with your primary or bone-health physician, when testPrescription bone medicines, managed with your primary or bone-health physician, when testing shows they are appropriate.
- 06Prompt orthopedic care if a fracture occursPrompt orthopedic care if a fracture occurs.
Fellowship trained at Hospital for Special Surgery Trauma Fellowship. Sees patients in Danville.
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