Modern people have an unbalanced diet, face bone loss before they are old, and may suffer from osteoporosis. Yahoo TV “Dr. Peng Watches the Wind” invited Linkou Chang Gung chiropractor Cai Zongting to help the public clarify the myths of bone loss. For example, drinking coffee hinders calcium absorption is not as expected, and wearing tight sunscreen clothes will actually increase the risk of calcium deficiency, etc. In addition, the symptoms of osteoporosis are not obvious, so it is necessary to avoid bad habits that cause bone loss and learn how to prevent osteoporosis.
Are there symptoms of osteoporosis? How is osteoporosis treated? Understand the myth of osteoporosis once (Photo / Getty Images)
Definition of Osteoporosis
The reduction in bone strength due to bone loss is called osteoporosis. The WHO defines it as a bone density T value less than -2.5. Bone density can be detected through “dual energy X-rays”.
precursor to osteoporosis
If the bone is lost, the spine will collapse slightly, and the space between the intervertebral discs will also narrow, resulting in height loss. However, bone loss and bone mass reduction are asymptomatic, and usually a fracture has already occurred.
What are the symptoms of osteoporosis?
National Health ServiceOsteoporosis is a silent disease, usually without obvious symptoms, and some middle-aged and elderly patients may only have appearance changes such as hunched back and short height. However, once a fall occurs, or excessive force is applied, or an external impact is applied, it may be prone to fractures, and severe pain will be caused after the fracture, resulting in inability to move, and may eventually be permanently disabled, affecting health and life-threatening.
Can Osteoporosis Be Treated?
Osteoporosis is reversible, but the process is slow. Adults need to consume 1,200 mg of calcium per day to maintain bone health. If the osteoporosis is already pathological, drugs are needed to slow down bone loss and promote bone growth.
Osteoporosis eat what calcium?
Daily diet can include milk, germ rice, five-grain rice, dried fish and other high-calcium foods. If you cannot supplement enough calcium in your diet, you can take extra calcium tablets. In addition, vitamin D can promote the absorption of calcium in the intestines. You can get some sun exposure to allow your body to convert vitamin D. When you are in the sun, you must expose your skin to direct sunlight to have an effect.
Proper exposure to the sun can produce vitamin D to help calcium absorption. (Photo/Getty Images)
Bad Habits That Cause Osteoporosis
People in many countries drink coffee, but the problem of osteoporosis is not as serious as in Taiwan. It can be seen that diet and exercise habits are more important, and smoking, alcohol, steroid drugs and bad living habits should be avoided.
Exercise to prevent osteoporosis
Bones need to be stressed to grow faster. Walking or aerobic exercise will not help increase bone density. It is best to do weight-bearing exercises, or heavy training will be more effective, but remember to gradually increase the weight.
Normal Bones vs. Osteoporotic Bones
There are bone trabeculae inside the bone, which are full of pores and many cells. In addition to having more bone mass, normal bones have better structure and strength.
The Golden Age of Bone Books
From birth, bones gradually increase in bone mass, reaching a peak at about 40 years old, and then gradually decline due to metabolic effects, especially in women who lack hormones after menopause, and bone loss will be more serious. Therefore, before the age of 40 is the golden age for bone preservation.
Grasping the golden period before the age of 40, it will be much more difficult to replace bone loss. (Photo/Getty Images)
fracture surgery
If a compression fracture occurs, the patient will feel severe pain. In the past, steel nails were used to fix it through surgery. Now, bone cement surgery can be used to inject bone cement into the fracture with a needle to achieve the effect of rapid support. It is a minimally invasive surgery and can be discharged the next day or the same day.
further reading
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Responsible editor / Xie Zongyu
2023-07-25 03:46:17
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