Contribution to the social importance and the epidemiology of osteoporosis.

It as concluded, we could state the fact that the occurrence of the osteoporosis--caused fracture of the vertebrae and of the proximal femur has the tendency to increase. The total number of osteoporotic fractures in the Czech Republic is close to that in the developed western countries. This illness causes people immense suffering and requires considerable financial expenses both during the hospital treatment immediately after the trauma and during the rehabilitation treatment and the nursing care. We consider that an early and precise diagnosis of osteoporosis made in time, as well as an appropriate treatment of this illness are the way out of all these problems.