Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis - the disease not so much dangerous on the most semiology, how many fraught

with very unpleasant consequences. At an osteoporosis there is a reduction of density

of an osteal tissue therefore bones become fragile, fragile. The slightest trauma

which hardly seriously would damage to the healthy person, will lead to fracture in

a case with the patient (and more often - the patient) an osteoporosis. The most

frequent - and artful - are fractures of a neck of a hip at women after 65 years.

The reasons of development of an osteoporosis

Principal causes of this disease - hormonal disturbances and a disadvantage of

calcium of an organism. Are most of all subject to an osteoporosis of the woman in

a menopause as climacteric hormonal instability often appears enough adverse and frames

high risk of disease. In particular it concerns the people conducting an unhealthy way

of life. Incorrectly balanced food leads to a disadvantage of calcium and the vitamin

D which is responsible for a structure and safety of an osteal tissue. Smoking and alcohol

complicate mastering of calcium by an organism. The sedentary life and insufficient

physical activity also promote both fragilities of bones, and the bad coordination leading

to traumas. An additional risk factor for women is footwear wearing high-heeled.

It is always important to remember that the best treatment is a preventive maintenance.

In a case with an osteoporosis this statement is true doubly as the processes occurring

in an organism at such disease - are irreversible. It means that if you already have an

osteoporosis, it is possible to brake only its development, but it is impossible to

"condense" истончившиеся bones.

Osteoporosis diagnostics

The osteoporosis is diagnosed simply enough: reduction of density of bones leads to

growth loss. The person starts "to grow downwards". If you have noticed that your growth

became less, let even is insignificant, is already a signal about danger. If there was

a stoop which was not earlier, in particular, in a menopause - pay attention, probably,

it means that the backbone is bent as a result of an osteoporosis. The same concerns also

muscular pains in the field of a loin. In case of occurrence of any similar symptoms, it

is necessary to address necessarily to the doctor who will prescribe already more exact

diagnostics of osteal mass - a densitometry.

Osteoporosis preventive maintenance

To warn osteoporosis development, it is enough to carry out a complex of simple demands.

But to follow such demands it is necessary during all life.

First of all, it is the balanced food. At a ration there should be by all means milk

products and fish as they are the most comprehensible natural sources of calcium. And here

it is important not to go too far in salt, as surplus of salt promotes deducing of calcium

from an organism. Caffeine, more is adverse also than alcohol is harmful from the point of

view of risk of occurrence of an osteoporosis. In case кальциесодержащие a foodstuff does

not satisfy requirement for this element, the use of preparations of calcium (in particular

it effectively in bond with the vitamin D which is responsible усваиваемость of calcium) is

possible. But here it is important not to be overzealous: excess too can do much harm,

therefore, before to accept tablets, it is by all means necessary to consult to the doctor.

Other important demand - presence of reasonable exercise stresses. However, attention:

playing sports can be only preventive maintenance, but not treatment as some exercises are

contraindicative by a sick osteoporosis. Therefore try to accustom itself since an early

youth to exercise stresses that to age of the greatest risk of occurrence of disease, the

skeleton structure has been strengthened by regular sports employment, and for an organism

the physical culture was habitual. If in more early age what is closer by advanced years is

very good to be engaged in the kinds of sports accurately referred on development of muscles,

and safe the exercise stress should be especially soft. But it is not necessary to interrupt

completely playing sports until health allows to remain in shape not to lose a muscle tone

and not to suppose development of an osteoporosis as a result of sharp change of a sports

regimen. Perfectly will approach for any age of exercise and jogging in the open air: In this

case, except an exercise stress, on you - and against an osteoporosis - vitamin D works.

Medicinal therapy

In case the osteoporosis has already developed, or if at the woman in a menopause strong

fluctuations of a hormonal background are observed, hormonal replaceable therapy can be

prescribed. That is, the disadvantage of sexual hormones of an organism, participating in a

bone structure, is filled at the expense of artificial introduction of these hormones in an

organism. For patients, in particular, for women in a menopause and a postmenopause, such

treatment - not only a way of struggle against an osteoporosis, but also considerable aid from

the unpleasant sensations bound to the climacteric phenomena. However, it is not necessary to

forget that the intervention in endocrine system is always fraught with by-effects, not always

the predicted. Therefore, as a rule, hormonal therapy is applied at serious forms of disease,

and at lungs it is preferable to be limited to reception of preparations of calcium and vitamin

D. The calcitonin, Bionatrii phosphases are accepted also, but also in this case there are

undesirable by-effects.

If the osteoporosis has been diagnosed at an early stage, probably to be limited to a diet

with the big maintenance of calcium in a ration and the easy exercise stresses referred on

strengthening of a backbone and an osteal tissue as a whole. In any case if at you the

osteoporosis has already developed, let and small, necessarily compound a sports regimen with

the doctor not to do much harm to itself.

It is important to remember: how there were circumstances, to warn such disease as an

osteoporosis much easier and more pleasantly, than to treat it then....