Does Osteoporosis HURT??

Hey Constance, I can appreciate your concern, no-one likes pain.  I was only diagnosed with the full OE around three months ago and haven't had much extra pain since then.  It seems to be an individual thing and there appears to no hard & fast rule.  I believe that my few aches, pains and itches are more due to the Alendronic Acid than to the actual osteoporosis.  There is a lot of useful information to be had from the Patient website, like taking calcium, vitamin-d and vitamin-K2 along with weight bearing exercises in moderation.  People on this site seem only too willing to share experiences and expertise freely and I have it a very useful source of comforting and informatory reading.    You may be one of the few who experience some pain but it is by no means something that will happen.  Treat it if it does.  The main thing seems to be that you need to be very careful and avoid falling and stressing the affected bones.  Hope that you don't find this too boring, most of my information was obtained from other sufferers and my own experience, I too had osteopenia for eight years prior to the current diagnosis.

I think people with osteoporosis pain could be those who have suffered spine fractures.Otherwise, my understandin is that it is a silent disease, betrayed only by, for example, a growing hunched back (kyphosis) and insidious shrinkage in height.

Yes, I think it might. And it is a great question. Mine is in the back and I do feel some pain both up high and down low.

The silence people refer to maybe those with borderline osteopenia and osteoporosis.

I now sneeze with my mouth open to stop pain after experiencing what felt like my back broke when sneezing. I have never had a break.