This is one of the many lessons from the Frisbee study carried out by the Brugmann University Hospital (Brussels). Professionals denounce insufficient care while in ten years, Inami has reduced its treatment expenses by 30%. The total cost of fractures is colossal and constantly growing: 1.1 billion euros per year.
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By Sandra DurieuxPublished on 2/05/2024 at 06:00
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Lth obstacle course. This is how Nicole Adam, 77, describes the hell she has been experiencing since 2022 and a forced repatriation from Italy where she was on vacation. “I hurt my back missing a step,” she says. “I didn’t even fall but the pain was terrible. » After a long medical wandering, Nicole discovers that she suffers from a spinal fracture. “And we couldn’t operate because I had already had three vertebral fractures before. I was told about brittle bone disease, cancer… it was only when I arrived at the endocrinologist that the diagnosis of osteoporosis was made. I had already suffered from multiple fractures linked to this and I knew nothing about it! »Marielle Coomans, 78, also deplores the lack of responsiveness from her general practitioner after her hip fracture. “There is a real lack of information and monitoring regarding this disease which is debilitating,” she explains.
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