What is Osteoporosis Can prevent its occurrence?

Osteoporosis is an age-related illness that is characterized by a reduction in bone area and increased susceptibility to fractures. In these cases there is decalcification, decreased stature, joint pain (lumbar fracture of a vertebral body)

Menopausal osteoporosis The term refers to the reduction in bone mass that occurs with aging, white women being the most prone to this type of disease.

But this problem affects both males and females and the average onset is at age 40 and women are more prevalent vertebral fractures.

The most important function of bone apart from the support structure, is the reserve of calcium, which is abundant in dairy products (cheese, milk, etc..) Thus the body's calcium and bone density depends on the input calcium in food assimilation by the body and bone formation exhaustion. Risk factors in women for osteoporosis include thin frame, family history of osteoporosis, smoking (smoking increases bone loss and therefore increases osteoporosis), alcohol abuse, sedentary lifestyle (exercise helps to maintain adequate bone mass), low calcium in the diet, early onset of menopause, women have not had children, caffeine consumption, short stature in relation to weight and ovaries removed.

Bone density depends on the absorption of calcium in the diet and in turn, this depends on vitamin D, any phenomenon that reduces the intake of this vitamin, reduces the absorption of calcium.

Vitamin D can be obtained from sunlight, but sometimes we need additional oral supplements. Muscle mass and exercise increase bone regeneration.

Estrogen (female hormone) enhances calcium absorption by influencing the bone metabolism. The metabolic balance of calcium indicates that premenopausal women and women treated with estrogen, require additional gram of calcium daily and post-menopausal women and women treated with estrogen, you need 1.5 grams of calcium per day, be advisable to increase milk products in the diet and reduce low-nutrient.

 

 

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