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Can a DEXA be accurate when you’re healing from a spinal fracture?

Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Jan 30 9:14am | Replies (12)
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@mary1951

Hi @gently, Could you explain what you meant when you said that a fractured T12 could result in increased pressure at the lumbar level?

Just trying to understand how my T9 and T11 fractures might impact my lumbar spine and possible affect my Dexa score.

Thanks.

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windyshores | @windyshores | Jan 29 10:32am

@mary1951 like I said, I have a ballpark attitude to DEXA's. I have a chart since 2006. I don't think any of us, but especially those of us with fractures, can be perfectionist about results.

I would ask your doctor or the radiologist if you are really concerned. Fractured bone and arthritic bone look denser, I have been told, but I do not know anything about the effect of other structural changes to the spine as a whole.

I still trust my DEXA's in a sort of holistic fashion, even with 7 fractures.

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