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Up to half a million have it without knowing it: Now patients in Aarhus must also be checked for osteoporosis | India | DR There is a difference in whether patients with fractures are automatically offered recommended scans at the country's hospitals. Fortunately, 63-year-old Inger Svankjær suffered a fracture in a tennis match five months ago. her was discovered. This is typically the case. Already in 2018, it was recommended that all hospitals should offer patients over the age of 50 to be examined for. But there is a big difference between whether the Danish hospitals offer the scan - and how far they are. The consequence of not being discovered is that you will have more fractures for the rest of your life. Bente Langdahl, chief physician, Aarhus University Hospital Now Aarhus University Hospital will offer, which breaks a bone, to be examined for osteoporosis, which is also called. This is done with a so-called DXA scan, which measures the mineral content and density of the bones. Here, Bente Langdahl is chief physician and professor. She works with the treatment of patients with and has long focused on a trace.- It has been that until now it has been up to the individual patient to think if there is something strange about. It would be like being hospitalized with a blood clot in your heart, and no one is thinking about measuring blood pressure and fat in the blood. But if it has been inappropriate until now, why have you not introduced it until now? - There is many reasons for it. has not made it easier. The hospitals have been under a lot of pressure and therefore it has been difficult to introduce new ones, Bente Langdahl answers. - But I actually think it went relatively quickly when it finally got going. In a match on the tennis court, Inger Svankjær fell in the middle of a kind. A doctor referred her for a scan and the result was osteoporosis.The numbers were even bad.- My fall was luck in misfortune. For it is good that I have been scanned and that I have come to the right and necessary treatment. But at the same time I was worried, sad, and I wish it was at an earlier time, says Inger Svankjær. But she had not had other symptoms - before the fracture. typically does not cause symptoms before vomiting something, and it is estimated that up to half a million Danes have the disease without knowing it. If not treated, the risk of vomiting something again is significantly higher. This is explained by chief physician Bente Langdahl. - The consequence of not being discovered is that you will have more fractures for the rest of your life. Collapse or fracture of the vertebrae in the back and a broken hip. By scanning after the first fracture, we can stop the cascade of fractures that is a consequence of having, she says. Last year, a Dane developed for osteoporosis. The recommendation was: Introduce Fracture Liaison Service (FLS) at all emergency hospitals in Denmark. FLS is a model for fractures, and that is the name for the offer that Aarhus University Hospital has now introduced. But it also happens in the rest of the Central Jutland Region: - During 2023, I expect that it will be up to everyone. emergency hospitals in the region, it sounds from Bente Langdal. Other hospitals have been in operation for a long time. And someone is on the way. In Region Zealand and the Capital Region, FLS has been introduced in several hospitals, and in the Region of Southern Denmark it has started as one at Odense University Hospital. Osteoporosis or osteoporosis is a disease of the bones that makes the bones more fragile and fragile. frames approx. every 3rd woman and every 6-8. man over 50. People with osteoporosis often experience fractures in the vertebrae, wrists and hip fractures. Bones become more fragile with age. In osteoporosis, the bone mass has become particularly low. Osteoporosis is typically detected after a low-energy drop, which can be a simple drop over a doorstep or in connection with gardening. The disease is treated with medication that can delay development. Patients are also recommended daily supplements of calcium and vitamin D and to exercise. Sources: The National Board of Health, sundhed.dk and the Osteoporosis Association In the North Jutland Region, there has been a health agreement on active detection for several years, which means that at several levels been an attention around just that - even before there has been a break at all. It has had a .But nevertheless, a political process is currently underway to introduce FLS in the emergency rooms. Today, Inger Svankjær is in treatment. One tablet a week. The hope is that the treatment can improve the numbers, so she reduces the risk of bone collapse in the spine and for more fractures. To keep her body strong, she is back on the tennis court - though on a slightly different level: - I still go well into the match, I've got a fear that I'll fall again. So I take a little better care of myself now, she says and has a clear: - My two siblings have it too, so maybe I should have thought the thought. Now I regret that I did not get it checked before. So you have to do it - get it checked.