OSTEOPOROSIS IN A MALE PATIENT WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS (A CLINICAL CASE)
A. A. Muradyants,
N. A. Shostak,
A. A. Kondrashov
Affiliations
A. A. Muradyants
Acad. A.I. Nesterov Department of Faculty Therapy, Faculty of Therapeutics, N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow
N. A. Shostak
Acad. A.I. Nesterov Department of Faculty Therapy, Faculty of Therapeutics, N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow
A. A. Kondrashov
Acad. A.I. Nesterov Department of Faculty Therapy, Faculty of Therapeutics, N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow
The paper describes a clinical case of developing rheumatoid arthritis complicated by osteoporosis in a male. It considers the possible riskfactors of osteoporosis and fractures, including those associated with rheumatoid arthritis, the necessity of assessing the 10-year risk of major osteoporotic fractures and femoral neck ones to timely use not only calcium and vitamin D preparations, but also antiosteoporotic therapy to prevent osteoporosis.
