Why is it that some people with very high scores on the DEXA never break anything yet those on low scores sometimes do. Isn’t there more than bone density we should be testing?
Hi, Warrior,
Welcome to the community - I’ve only recently joined too!
I’m interested in your question because this is exactly what’s happened with me. I have had 4 Dexa scans, the first in 2019 and the most recent in December 2025. Throughout, my diagnosis has remained as Osteopenia although I’m being treated as if I have Osteoporosis.
However, vertebral osteoporosis was confirmed in 2019 in T5 & T7 following fractures . An Xray report in February 2026 confirmed a compression fracture at T10.
So Dexa shows Osteopenia but I’m being treated with Alendronic Acid and Colecalciferol for Osteoporosis.
At one stage, my case was forwarded to a rheumatologist who commented '‘this shows the limitations of Dexa scans”!