Precaution is better than cure

Off late I had been visiting a few doctors in Bangalore with my mom. My mom has chronic back pain. The initial tests revealed that there is slip disk and a deep indentation to the nerve resulting from the same. A couple of second opinions confirmed slip disk from MRI reports. A BMD test revealed that she is having Osteopenia.

I then googled for the same and realized that Osteopenia is nothing but less bone mass density and a predecessor for Osteoporosis.

Both of them are pretty common in women post menopause and it just needs a good attention and enough care. It seems 1 in 3 women have Osteoporosis (courtesy wiki).

Its good if we can talk to our parents on these and convince them to take necessary precaution.