Back pain is often an early manifestation of osteoporosis, but it is easily overlooked as other diseases and cannot be treated in time, and the pain brings longer life and psychological impact to patients.
First, what degree of osteoporosis needs treatment?
It is not that osteoporosis needs to be treated, but only when it reaches a certain level and becomes osteoporosis. Why is this?
The bones inside the human body play a role in supporting the weight, and are subjected to a certain amount of gravity every day. If the bones are cut open, it will be found that the interior is an interlocking mesh structure, just like the columns and beams inside a house.
Due to “age and disrepair”, part of the bone trabeculae will slowly become thin, brittle, or even broken, thus making the risk of fracture greatly increased, which is the medical term “osteoporosis”. In this sense, osteoporosis is one of the inevitable manifestations that accompany the aging of the human body. Under the action of certain pathological factors or triggers, the onset of osteoporosis will be earlier and more severe, and when it reaches the threshold of fracture, it will be diagnosed as “osteoporosis”. The main purpose of treating osteoporosis is to prevent the occurrence of fractures.
II. Symptoms of osteoporosis
The clinical manifestations of osteoporosis were previously thought to be mild, and there were no clinical symptoms in the early and middle stages. Therefore, some people figuratively said: “Osteoporosis is a silent epidemic”. However, research in recent years has found that osteoporosis actually has some obvious symptoms at the beginning, only that people do not see it as a symptom of osteoporosis and ignore it. The typical symptom is back pain, more often, the onset age is earlier after women reach menopause, estrogen levels are low, with the symptoms of menopause, hot flashes, night sweats, irritability, in addition to a very obvious symptom is back pain, and pain location is not fixed, the pain of the spinal bones appear earlier, in addition is the heel pain. Some people mistakenly believe that this is a woman who did not get well during the postpartum period, and now the disease comes out.
The pain of osteoporosis is of the soreness type, to be distinguished from sciatica caused by herniated discs or osteophytes, which is characterized by stabbing pain or electric shock-like radiating pain.
The advantages of Chinese medicine in treating osteoporosis
Osteoporosis from the treatment point of view, pure calcium supplementation is of little use, but only as a basic nutrient supplement. Just like we build a house, cement and sand are the basic raw materials, after the bones are loose, it needs a raw material to repair it, calcium is only one of the raw materials, how to assemble these raw materials reasonably, and finally build a high building, this intermediate process needs a lot of procedures. Calcium supplementation in the general sense can slow down the process of loosening, as a preventive measure, nutritional supplements are possible, if the degree of osteoporosis, to treat, calcium is also the most basic auxiliary medicine. In addition to this, there are some medicines to make the calcium absorbed into the bones as much as possible, and to make the bones better. If there is only a bunch of calcium in the bone, but not a good structure, it is still not effective against the risk of fracture, which needs to be treated with medication, which can put the limited calcium to the “edge” and form a good bone structure.
Chinese medicine and Western medicine actually play some similar roles. However, in terms of Chinese medicine, Chinese medicine firstly has a benign regulation on bone metabolism, slowing down the process of osteoporosis, and on the other hand, it can make up for the lost bones that have been damaged. In addition, compared with western medicine, Chinese medicine has a characteristic that it is not a single chemical structure, but has more components, so in addition to the effect on the bone itself, it also has a regulating effect on other parts of the body, generally speaking, it is a systemic regulating effect. After the patient took Chinese medicine, the first thing he felt was an improvement in his general condition, his appetite was better, he slept better, and his physical condition was slowly strengthened. Then, when the bone density was checked, it was found that the bone density had also improved to a certain extent.
In the past, I was concerned about the effect of Chinese medicine and Western medicine on the change of bone density, but I did not pay much attention to other things. In the past few years, we found that to find ways to reduce the incidence of fractures in the elderly, on the one hand, we should prevent and control osteoporosis and consider from the perspective of bone density, on the other hand, we should also consider improving muscle strength and body balance to reduce the risk of falling. Muscle strength and the risk of falling are related to the state of his whole body. The advantages of Chinese medicine can be reflected, it is a comprehensive conditioning.
Fourth, what are the drugs often used in the treatment of osteoporosis?
1.Western medicine: mainly include diphosphonates, calcitonin, estrogen receptor modulators, sex hormones, vitamin D, isoflavones, parathyroid hormone, growth hormone, certain growth factors, fluoride, vitamin K2, etc.
2.Chinese medicine: At present, the majority of drugs are kidney and bone tonics, such as Xianling Bone Capsules, Strong Bone Capsules, Osteoporosis Granules, Bone Pine Granules, etc. If you can ask a Chinese medicine doctor to treat the individual situation and prescribe a targeted prescription, his effect may be better.
3, calcium: currently on the market is more calcium carbonate products, its absorption rate is relatively high; but if there is bloating, dry stools and other adverse reactions, you can choose amino acid chelated calcium, calcium citrate, grape calcium carbonate, etc..
Generally speaking, to the extent of osteoporosis, a longer period of medication is needed, at least six months, and more than one year is advocated abroad. This is because the metabolic rate of bone is slow, unlike other tissues repair up quickly, the cycle of bone repair is six months to a year.
Five, the prevention of osteoporosis should take what kind of exercise exercise methods
Weight-bearing exercise helps to keep bones strong and healthy. Any activity that enables muscles to fight gravity is weight-bearing exercise, such as walking, hiking, jogging, playing ball, dancing, etc. Before starting an exercise, the following points need to be noted.
1, consult with your doctor on what precautions or restrictions are in place when you start exercising to avoid injuries caused by carrying too much weight.
2, make sure that the shoes fit properly and can support your body and balance.
3, About 30 minutes at a time, 3-5 times a week, to help maintain your bone density.
4.Find opportunities to exercise in your daily activities, for example, parking your car farther away, climbing the stairs or walking the dog.
To ensure an effective exercise program, the number of days per week you exercise must exceed the number of days you do not exercise, and you must exercise for at least 30 minutes per day.
Weight-bearing exercise has other benefits, including reducing heart risk factors, reducing stress and promoting weight loss. Exercise is still a pleasure.
Tai chi is a great workout. People who play tai chi have different balance than those who do not, which is useful for preventing osteoporotic fractures.
Six, help prevent osteoporosis prescription of food therapy
1, papaya soup: 100 grams of lamb, 5 grams of apple, 300 grams of peas, 1000 grams of papaya, 500 grams of round-grained rice, the right amount of sugar, salt, monosodium glutamate, pepper.
Processing method.
(1) Wash the lamb and cut it into six-minute square pieces. Wash the japonica rice, apples and peas. Take the juice of papaya for use.
(2) lamb, apple, peas, japonica rice, papaya juice, water into a pot, boil with a martial fire, then turn to a civil fire stew, until the peas are cooked and rotten, the meat is cooked, add sugar, salt, monosodium glutamate, pepper is ready. Regularly eaten, tonic and beneficial.
2, peach crispy bean puree: 150 grams of lentils, 25 grams of black sesame, 5 grams of walnuts, sugar.
Processing methods.
(1) lentils into boiling water for 30 minutes to remove the outer skin, then steam the bean kernel cooked, take the water and pounded into a puree.
(2) fried sesame seeds, grind for use.
(3) Heat the oil and stir-fry the lentil puree until the water will be exhausted, add sugar and stir-fry well, then add sesame seeds, sugar, walnuts melted and stir-fried well.
3, eggplant shrimp cake: 250 grams of eggplant, 50 grams of shrimp skin, 500 grams of flour, 2 eggs, yellow wine, ginger, soy sauce, sesame oil, salt, sugar, monosodium glutamate each appropriate amount.
Processing method.
(1) eggplant shredded with salt for 15 minutes and squeeze out the water, add wine soaked shrimp, and add ginger, soy sauce, sugar, sesame oil and monosodium glutamate, mix and form the filling.
(2) Flour with egg and water to make a batter.
(3) Heat vegetable oil at 60% and ladle in a spoonful of batter, turn the pan and spread into a cake, put the filling in the middle, cover with half a spoonful of batter and fry on both sides. Regular consumption, blood and calcium, pain relief, detoxification.
4, radish and kelp pork ribs soup: 250 grams of ribs, 250 grams of white radish, 50 grams of aquatic kelp, yellow wine, ginger, salt, monosodium glutamate each appropriate amount.
Processing methods.
(1) ribs with water boiled to remove the froth, plus ginger, yellow wine, stewed over low heat.
(2) cooked, add shredded radish, and then cook for 5 minutes -10 minutes, seasoning, add shredded seaweed, MSG, boil that is up.
5, pork ribs, tofu and shrimp soup: 250 grams of pork ribs, 400 grams of northern tofu, 1 egg, 50 grams of onion, 1 clove of garlic, 25 grams of shrimp, yellow wine, ginger, onion, pepper, salt, MSG each appropriate amount.
Processing method.
(1) add water and boil the ribs to remove the froth, add ginger and onion, yellow wine and cook on low heat.
(2) cooked with tofu cubes, shrimp skin cooked, then add onions and garlic, cooked for a few minutes after seasoning, boil. Regular consumption, strengthen the muscles and bones, lubricate the skin, nourish the five organs, clear heat and detoxification.
6, brown sugar sesame paste: 25 grams of brown sugar, 25 grams of black sesame seeds each, 100 grams of lotus root powder.
Processing method: first black and white sesame seeds fried, then add lotus root powder, rinse well with boiling water and then stir in brown sugar can be eaten, once a day drink, suitable for the elderly calcium deficiency.