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Osteoporosis is a bone disease that occurs when the body loses too much bone, makes too little bone, or both. As a result, bones become weak and may break from a fall or, in serious cases, from sneezing or minor bumps. Osteoporosis means âporous bone.â Viewed under a microscope, healthy bone looks like a honeycomb.
1 Osteoporosis is a bone disease in which the amount and quality of the bone is reduced, leading to fractures (broken bones). 2  Osteoporosis produces no pain or other symptoms unless a fracture has occurred. 3  Arthritis (arth = joint; itis = inflammation) is a disease of the joints and surrounding tissue.