World Osteoporosis Day, do you know that you have osteoporosis?

Today is World Osteoporosis Day. Chongqing Evening News reporter from the third military Medical University Southwest Hospital learned that osteoporosis has now become the first of the prevalence of disease in the elderly. The incidence of osteoporosis in women aged 50 and over in China was 20.7% and that of male was 14.4%. The incidence rate increases with age, and the deformity of hip and spine fractures caused by osteoporosis accounts for 30% of the patients. Experts remind, Chongqing because of special sunshine condition, osteoporosis prevalence rate is high.

68-Year-old retired veteran to do housework

Back pain was five days old osteoporosis.

68-Year-old Mr. Jiang is an administrative unit in the city retired cadres, after his retirement in addition to flowers and grass, tease birds fish, free to do nothing but also do their own housework. A few months ago, Mr. Jiang looked at the season alternately and wanted to put a good quilt in the closet. He took a stool and put a few quilts in one hand. But Mr Jiang, who had done so, felt a twinge of waist and back.

At first Mr. Jiang thought he was too big to pull the muscle and didn't care too much. Who knows five days past, his back pain not only not relieved, but also more serious. In the family accompanied by the old river to the hospital to check, the doctor told him that he has a lumbar fracture, because Mr Jiang has osteoporosis, so some seemingly simple action can not load.

It's not calcium, it's not osteoporosis.

Check to see if it's high risk

Southwest Hospital Endocrine Division deputy Director Wei introduced, Mr. Jiang so because of osteoporosis and lumbar fracture of many patients, the elderly hunchback is caused by such a cumulative fracture. In addition to more osteoporosis in the elderly and young people are not insulated, they have encountered a 29-year-old woman due to long-term excessive consumption of coffee caused by osteoporosis cases. "Excessive coffee and strong tea can have a bone-dissolving effect, making the mechanism of bone remodeling unbalanced, which can cause osteoporosis in the long run." Wei advised to drink coffee not more than 200 ml a day, try to avoid drinking tea. In addition, carbonated drinks drink too much can affect. ”

Wei remind, human bone has metabolic process, most osteoporosis is not calcium deficiency, but bone metabolic mechanism problems. The process of bone metabolism is coordinated by osteoclast and osteoblast, which affects the risk factors of osteoporosis. such as women with premature menopause or too little, too thin, too little exposure to sunshine, smoking and alcohol, lack of exercise, excessive coffee tea and long-term use of hormones, antibiotics and other drugs will affect the process. "Many people think that calcium supplementation is treatment, in fact, the appropriate inhibition of osteoclast and promote osteoblast activity drugs, such as the special Pareto peptide is the most important." ”

Wei suggested that men over 60 years of age and women over 45 years of age should pay attention to bone mineral density examination in case of fracture and disability after the regret. "High-risk groups have a self-test method, (weight kg-age) x0.2, the value of less than-1 should cause vigilance, less than 4 of the high-risk groups." "Chongqing Evening News reporter Shang Philip

Author: Yan Yi