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What is a Bone density test?



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ny21




 
 
    
 

Post Sat, Apr 07 2007, 9:23 pm
?Eh?
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Gela




 
 
    
 

Post Sat, Apr 07 2007, 9:26 pm
it's an x-ray scan of your body and wrists. no pain.
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chocolate moose




 
 
    
 

Post Sat, Apr 07 2007, 10:19 pm
My insuracne doesn't pay for this until age 60.
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healthymama




 
 
    
 

Post Sat, Apr 07 2007, 11:21 pm
A bone age test is sometimes done on children who are experiencing early puberty to figure out if their body age is the same as their chronological age. It is just an x-ray.
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shanie5




 
 
    
 

Post Sun, Apr 08 2007, 12:10 am
my orthodontist does this xray at the begining of treatment. she not only tells me the age of the childs bones, but how tall they will be too. (so far she has been on target too).
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BeershevaBubby




 
 
    
 

Post Sun, Apr 08 2007, 1:27 am
There is a correlation between the density of the wrist bone to the gynocological maturity/age of puberty in children.

My daughter had it when she tuned 15 and still hadn't gotten her period (she's going to be 16 in August and still hasn't gotten it).

The xray showed that although she was chronologically 15, her bone density was that of a 13 year old.
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Motek




 
 
    
 

Post Sun, Apr 08 2007, 10:51 am
healthymama wrote:
It is just an x-ray.


just? radiation is "just"?

not saying never to take X-rays, I'm saying it's not "just"
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