Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Causes and prevention of Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis is a bone that causes bones to become weak and brittle. This is generally caused by lack of calcium and other minerals in bones. Impact commonly caused by osteoporosis are fractures that commonly occur in the spine, hip or wrist. Although generally occurs in women, men can also develop osteoporosis.


 

symptom
In the early stages, you usually will not feel any pain or other symptoms. But when the bone has weakened and brittle you can experience the signs and symptoms include:

• Back pain

• Loss of height

Body bending

brittle bones

Causes & Risk Factors
cause

Doctors do not fully understand what causes osteoporosis. In normal conditions experienced turnover of bone in a sustainable manner in which new bone is formed replace the dead bone. When you are young, bone growth is faster than the bones of the dead. This peak bone growth occurs at about the age of 30 years. After that, bone growth is slower than the death of the bone. Bone strength based on the size and thickness of the bone. Bone thickness was obtained from calcium, phosphorus and other minerals. Other factors that also affect is the hormone levels. In women, when estrogen decreases when the menopause, bone mass loss of his drastically. In men, low estrogen and testosterone can also lead to decreased bone mass.

risk factors
Some risk factors for osteoporosis are:
Low calcium
Consuming tobacco
Anorexia and bulimia
• Lifestyle inactive
Excessive alcohol consumption
Drugs corticosteroids in the long term
Use of other drugs
Women are more commonly suffer from osteoporosis
Parents also have a tendency to osteoporosis
Heredity
Excessive thyroid hormone
Those who have a petite body
Medical conditions and medical procedures that affect bone health


prevention


There are three important factors for maintaining bone health, among others:

Inadequate intake of calcium that can be found in milk, almonds, broccoli, spinach, cabbage, canned salmon with bones, sardines and beans and products such as tofu.

Inadequate intake of vitamin D that can be found in tuna and sardine fish oil and egg yolks. However, you should use vitamin D supplements to meet the needs of vitamin D.

Exercise regularly


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