Who is prone to osteoporosis?

In addition to elderly men, postmenopausal women, patients with chronic diseases and other high-risk groups, people who often smoke and drink alcohol, and people who drink coffee, strong tea or high-sugar diet for a long time are also prone to osteoporosis.

First, the symptoms of osteoporosis are different, which can be serious and life-threatening.

The severity of osteoporosis is graded according to the results of bone mineral density. If the bone mineral density is less than-1, it will become aggregation reduction; If the bone density is less than -2.5, it is called osteoporosis; If the bone density is less than -2.5, it is diagnosed as severe osteoporosis.

Osteoporosis is a systemic bone disease caused by many factors, such as bone loss, bone microstructure destruction and increased bone brittleness, which is prone to fracture. However, osteoporosis in the population is only a phenomenon or concept. Only when the patient has clinical manifestations of osteoporosis, such as pain or fracture, is it really osteoporosis.

Second, the symptoms of osteoporosis are various, mainly these kinds:

1, pain.

Low back pain is the most common;

2. Short stature and hunchback

Why do old people get shorter every year? The reason is that the waist and thoracic vertebrae of the elderly are compressed, which leads to short height, and it is easy to cause kyphosis after compression, that is, hunchback;

Step 3 rupture

Fracture is the most common complication of osteoporosis. In the past, the elderly coughed a little hard because the bones were brittle and the thoracic vertebrae were kyphosis, which led to the compression fracture of the thoracic vertebrae.

4, difficulty breathing

Compression fractures of the lumbar and thoracic vertebrae, kyphosis of the spine, and anteversion of the thorax are all likely to cause the decline of lung function, leading to chest tightness, dyspnea, shortness of breath and other symptoms. "Once you find symptoms related to osteoporosis, you should seek medical advice in time. Otherwise, when a fracture occurs and you need to stay in bed for a long time, it will easily lead to lung infection, bedsore and even life-threatening. "

Third, who is prone to osteoporosis?

There are many people with high incidence of osteoporosis. First of all, postmenopausal women are prone to osteoporosis, including natural aging and people who have had hysterectomy because of diseases and other reasons. Followed by elderly men over 60 years old, regular smokers, alcoholics, long-term high-sugar dieters, systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, diabetes, hyperthyroidism and other diseases. And people with family inheritance are prone to osteoporosis.

In addition, some young people will suffer from osteoporosis, but this kind of osteoporosis is rare. Why do young people suffer from osteoporosis? This should be analyzed from two aspects. First, it is idiopathic, and some young people will have early osteoporosis without warning; Secondly, there are secondary disease factors or drug factors, such as rheumatoid arthritis, hyperthyroidism, diabetes, ankylosing spondylitis and other diseases, or the frequent use of hormone drugs in rheumatoid diseases, which is easy to cause osteoporosis.

Fourth, how can we find osteoporosis early?

In addition to daily observation, it is more reliable to go directly to the hospital for examination. In addition, for postmenopausal women, the elderly, people taking hormone drugs, etc. It is suggested to go to the hospital regularly for bone mineral density examination, so that osteoporosis can be found early.

5. Pay attention to the following conditions, which may also lead to osteoporosis.

Generally speaking, healthy and scientific weight loss will not lead to osteoporosis, but some people excessively pursue thinness and beauty, often diet or even eat nothing, and are prone to calcium deficiency, leading to malnutrition, thus causing osteoporosis. It is suggested that beauty-loving women who want to lose weight should have a balanced nutrition, adhere to exercise and lose weight scientifically.

In addition, drinking coffee and cola for a long time can easily lead to osteoporosis, because coffee itself has diuretic effect, which leads to the loss of calcium from urine and inhibits the absorption of calcium in the intestine; Coke is a high-sugar and high-phosphorus beverage. Phosphorus and calcium in normal people are in a state of balance. For people who drink cola for a long time, too much sugar absorption will promote the formation of osteoclasts. Excessive absorption of phosphorus can easily lead to calcium deficiency and eventually lead to osteoporosis.

Finally, in principle, we should treat osteoporosis, and calcium supplementation is the first priority, so we can eat more calcium tablets; At the same time, vitamin D should be supplemented, which can not only promote the absorption of calcium, but also promote the growth of osteoblasts and inhibit the formation of osteoclasts. In addition, in addition to calcium and vitamin D supplementation, it is also necessary to remove the cause of osteoporosis and treat it symptomatically, which is more conducive to the treatment of osteoporosis.