Bangladesh, Aug. 25 -- An estimated 20 million people in Bangladesh are suffering from bone erosion while 40 per cent of women, aged between 16 and 45 years, have low bone density.
According to a study, around 5.6 million people are also suffering from osteoporosis.
Women suffer from the same than men, it revealed.
Osteoporosis is the porous and brittle condition of the bone, which causes an increased chance of fracture.
Commonly, osteoporotic fractures take place in spine, hip and wrist, and it usually cannot be identified before fracture.
According to the study, brittle bone is a 'serious disease' and it even causes death.
Some 24 per cent of the fracture patients died last year while the number of hip fractures might reach 6.3 mill...