Osteoporosis is a systemic bone disease that is prone to fractures due to a variety of factors caused by bone volume reduction, destruction of bone microstructures, resulting in increased bone fragility, and then easy fractures.
People usually call osteoporosis is only a concept or a phenomenon, only when the patient has symptoms of osteoporosis, such as fractures, pain, etc., it is considered to be true osteoporosis.
So what kind of people in life are prone to osteoporosis?
Let's start by understanding some of the symptoms of osteoporosis.
1. Pain is usually common in low back pain.
2, the height is shortened, the reason why the elderly will be shorter and shorter every year, mainly because the waist, thoracic spine, etc. of the elderly are compressed, which in turn leads to the shortening of the veneer, after compression, it is easy to make the spine bulge backwards, which is often called hunchback.
3. Fracture, the most common complication of osteoporosis is fracture, and some patients will cause fractures as long as they cough slightly.
4. Difficulty breathing
After a compression fracture of the lumbar spine and thoracic spine, the spine will bulge backwards, and the thoracic cage will tilt forward easily lead to a decrease in the function of the lungs, which will cause symptoms such as dyspnea, chest tightness and shortness of breath.
Are the following types of people prone to osteoporosis?
The first is postmenopausal women, including women who have natural aging or have their uterus removed due to factors such as disease, resulting in premature menopause;
This is followed by elderly men over the age of 60; people who smoke alcohol for a long time and eat a high-sugar diet;
Or people with some diseases, such as hyperthyroidism, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, ankylosing spondylitis, diabetes, and genetic factors, are all high incidence of osteoporosis.
In addition, there are also parts of young people will also be prone to osteoporosis, mainly from two aspects, one is idiopathic, some young people will appear osteoporosis without warning;
One is a secondary disease factor or drug factor, such as diabetes, hyperthyroidism and other diseases, or long-term use of rheumatoid hormone drugs, etc., are easy to cause osteoporosis.
It should also be noted that some unhealthy ways of losing weight will also cause osteoporosis, normally speaking, scientific and healthy weight loss will not cause osteoporosis, but some people will take a diet in order to be able to quickly achieve the purpose of weight loss;
This way can easily cause malnutrition, but also cause calcium deficiency, which in turn will cause osteoporosis, so it is recommended that you take a scientific approach to weight loss, so as not to damage the health of the body.
In addition, some bad habits in life are also easy to cause osteoporosis, such as long-term drinking of cola, coffee, etc., cola is a high-sugar and high-phosphorus beverage, phosphorus and calcium in people's bodies are in a balanced state, and long-term drinking cola, will cause excessive sugar absorption, it will accelerate the formation of osteoclasts, and phosphorus absorption is too much, it is easy to cause calcium deficiency.
Coffee is due to the work of diuretics, which will accelerate calcium, and will also inhibit the absorption of calcium by the intestine, so it will easily cause osteoporosis.
It can be seen that the above types of people will be more likely to suffer from osteoporosis, and after osteoporosis occurs, it will have a great impact on physical health, so we must pay attention to preventing this disease.
Usually can be appropriate supplementation of calcium, but also at the same time supplement vitamin D, this vitamin can not only promote the absorption of calcium, but also inhibit the production of osteoclasts, promote the growth of osteoblasts, for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis are very helpful.