Who should have bone density testing done?
Yes. The Bone density test can only diagnose whether or not you have osteoporosis. The next step is to find out the cause for osteoporosis. Vitamin D deficiency is the most common cause for osteoporosis. In most postmenopausal women, estrogen deficiency and Vitamin D deficiency are the main cause of osteoporosis. Other causes of osteoporosis should also be investigated as many of these causes, such as overactive thyroid as well as parathyroid glands, are usually not clinically apparent. Therefore, special laboratory tests need to be done to diagnose these conditions.
