Osteoporosis, treatment: myths and truth

Osteoporosis and its treatment is a topic that advertisers especially like. What they do not offer for the treatment of this disease! According to unscrupulous representatives of the media, it turns out that it is enough to take calcium tablets daily, and the bones will forever become strong, and the disease will disappear without a trace.

Is it really? Is osteoporosis treated? Is the treatment really so simple?

To understand the problem, you need to determine what osteoporosis is, how it develops, which provokes the disease. Osteoporosis is a condition of the body in which the bones become loose and brittle due to loss of calcium. However, this does not mean that it is necessary to add calcium to the food, as the problem immediately disappears. A person can consume a large amount of calcium daily, but not to improve the structure of bones, but only the appearance of kidney stones or a violation of the body's salt balance. Why? Because the body of some people is almost unable to absorb calcium. This is the reason that the doctor must find and eliminate in order to save a person from a terrible diagnosis - osteoporosis. Treatment depends on the reason for the disease.

So what are these reasons?

Strange as it may seem, one of the most common reasons for weakening bones is hypodynamia. It is established that if a person is left for a year without movement, his bones will lose more than 50% of calcium. Only movement can make bones strong, strong.

Sex and the complexion of a person also affect the development of osteoporosis. Treatment in men and women, fat and thin patients will be different. The fact is that the amount of calcium in the body is determined, among other things, by the amount of testosterone. Men have more, so they usually do not face osteoporosis. In women, calcium is less initially, and with the onset of menopause, when the level of hormones decreases, the bones become quite fragile. Therefore, for women with a diagnosis of "osteoporosis" treatment begins with checking the level of hormones, and not increasing the amount of calcium in food or tablets. The same amount of bone mass (up to 2% annually), women lose with bilateral removal of the ovaries or a violation of the hormonal background caused by different causes.

Thin and tall people with thin bones are more predisposed to calcium loss than dense and stocky ones.

The emergence and development of osteoporosis is affected by diabetes mellitus, kidney disease, abnormalities in the thyroid gland, and some other diseases. If these causes caused osteoporosis of the spine, treatment should begin with the elimination of the underlying disease. An uncontrolled intake of calcium can only do harm, causing many other problems. The development of the disease is provoked by smoking, abuse of strong drinks or beer, energy cocktails.

What to do if the doctors diagnosed "osteoporosis"? Treatment begins with the study of symptoms: the disease proceeds in different ways, and this determines the selection of drugs, diet, recommended exercise.

It should be remembered that this disease rarely causes severe and severe pain in the back. Usually there is a feeling of muscle fatigue, at night there may be cramps in the legs. An indirect sign of the disease is too early graying, a feeling of general fatigue, periodontitis. If there are two or three such signs, the examination should begin. Usually specialists in local polyclinics prescribe x-rays. However, using it, you can establish a diagnosis only if the bones have already lost more than a third of their mass. Therefore, in addition to the X-ray, you need to do a biochemical blood test, and if possible - to conduct a study on the Densitometer. This research is expensive, but gives only 1% of the error.

And how to treat osteoporosis? Maintain a healthy lifestyle and take medications prescribed by a doctor. Most likely, it will not only calcium with vitamin D (individually they are not digested), but also medicines that help from concomitant diseases.