Asthma Reports Several Months in Medicine / Internal Medicine — 40yo Woman | Endocrinology | SMLE Q#12078
SMLE Question #12078
Medicine / Internal Medicine
Endocrinology
Objective: OBJ-ADDISON-DOSE-1
Last updated: February 2026
A 40-year-old woman with asthma reports several months of low back and hip pain worsened by standing and walking. She drinks 3–4 alcoholic drinks daily for 15 years. She has obesity (BMI 31 kg/m²) and uses inhaled corticosteroids, with several short courses of oral prednisone each year for exacerbations, without prolonged daily therapy. Her physician is considering dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) before age-based routine screening. Which finding in this patient is a risk factor that supports earlier bone mineral density screening?
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