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Symptoms and treatment of osteoporosis in men and women
Osteoporosis arises due to a decrease in bone mass in the skeleton, causing a deterioration of bone tissue resulting in weaker bones (the bones are less compact) and making them more prone to fracture.
Osteoporosis is the main cause of broken bones in women after menopause and some elders in general.
Osteoporosis symptoms
Osteoporosis itself does not cause pain or noticeable symptoms, but frequent bone fractures that can alert us about this disease. The most common fractures in the elderly are the wrist and hip in postmenopausal women are prevalent vertebral fractures that cause a major back pain and deformities, together with loss of height due to reduced bone mass in the spine.
Diagnosis of osteoporosis
The diagnosis is made by densitometry that measures bone mineral content in order to determine its density and calcium content. It is therefore necessary densimetry adults ages 45 to 50 years, especially in menopausal women due to hormonal changes that lose more bone.
To diagnose osteoporosis is measured bone density in spine and hip, but can also be measured in the forearm.
Osteoporosis Treatment
To treat osteoporosis can go to pharmacological measures such as antiresorptive drugs (bisphosphonates, raloxifene, calcitonin, parathyroid hormone, strontium salts) Nonpharmacologic measures consist of a diet rich in calcium and vitamin D, physical exercise and smoking cessation if applicable. Read the rest of this entry »
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Prevention for Good Bone Health
It is estimated that osteoporosis affects 3.5 million people in Spain and more than 200 million people worldwide. In our country every year is responsible for at least 100,000 bone fractures.
“It is a major problem for its prevalence, morbidity and mortality caused by it and by the consumption of medical resources involved,” specifies Manuel Diaz Curiel, president of the Hispanic Foundation for Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Diseases (FHOEMO).
To combat its consequences, this organization has promoted a campaign in collaboration with the pharmaceutical industry and throughout the Spanish territory, which emphasizes the need to maintain adequate levels of vitamin D and calcium to maintain good bone health .
Aware of their magnitude
Supplementation of therapies that prevent bone resorption (total or partial loss of bone tissue) vitamin D dramatically reduces the risk of bone fractures in the elderly as a result of osteoporosis.
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Weight Training and Bone Density
The bone is strengthened or weakened, depending on whether it does or does not exercise and the type of exercise performed. Other influences are food, nutritional supplements such as soy isoflavones, sunlight exposure, heredity and age. The areas mainly involved with bone demineralization are the lumbar vertebrae and the upper end of the femur. This is mainly due to the predominance of trabecular bone or spongy bone on the compact. Since trabecular bone is influenced by mechanical forces it is subjected, a sure way to accelerate bone loss is inactive bedridden. The way to increase bone density is exercise.
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