News : The procedure for determining bone density in a health resort

Health resort Chonki Gomel region informs:
The Health resort Chonki continues to delight guests with new items in the medical base and hurries to share the news: in the health resort there was an apparatus for determining the density of bone tissue.

Densitometry is a non-invasive method for determining bone density. This procedure is one of the most reliable methods of diagnosing osteoporosis - a disease that is accompanied by a decrease in bone mineral density. In addition, densitometry, allows assessing the degree of quality of treatment for osteoporosis.

The procedure of densitometry is an ultrasound or X-ray examination, during which the speed of passage of an ultrasound wave through bone tissue is measured or the degree of attenuation of X-rays when passing through the thickness of bone tissue is determined.

The following categories of patients need to be examined:

• men and women over 30, whose close relatives suffered from osteoporosis;
• men over 60, women over 40;
• those with at least one bone fracture;
• those who regularly experience intense physical activity;
• smoking and abusing alcohol.

You can find out more about the medical base of the health resort Chonki here, and get acquainted with the prices for tours in the corresponding section.