Ms. Wang is only 27 years old this year, every day is not work or home to do housework, in addition to sleep there is almost no other time to rest, gradually, she felt more and more weak body. Can’t climb a few floors to feel leg pain, and the waist feel bouts of soreness. A few days ago, she accidentally broke her foot and then couldn’t stand up. After being sent to the hospital, she was examined for a fracture, and the doctor was surprised to find that her bone density was like that of a person in her 50s, typical of osteoporosis. China has become the country with the most “brittle” bones in the world, with about 90 million osteoporosis patients, accounting for 7% of the total population. We have always thought that osteoporosis is only the patent of the elderly and has nothing to do with young people, but in the modern society of fast pace and strong competition, young women like Ms. Wang are gradually being “favored” by the “old age disease” of osteoporosis. Why is osteoporosis targeting young women, and how can young women prevent it in their daily lives to stay away from osteoporosis? The risk factors for osteoporosis are divided into intrinsic and non-intrinsic factors. Intrinsic factors include ethnicity (the risk of osteoporosis is higher in Caucasians and Caucasians than in Blacks), old age, female menopause, and maternal family history; non-intrinsic factors include low body weight, low sex hormones, smoking, excessive alcohol consumption, excessive coffee consumption, lack of physical activity, nutritional imbalance in the diet, excessive or insufficient protein, high sodium diet, calcium and/or vitamin D deficiency (low light exposure or intake), diseases affecting bone metabolic diseases and the application of drugs that affect bone metabolism. The majority of osteoporosis in young women is due to non-inherent factors. Director Xu Hongzhang believes that the main causes of osteoporosis in young women are: dieting and weight loss, whitening away from the sun, and bad habits. NO.1 Dieting and weight loss “lose” out of osteoporosis Weight loss is the eternal topic of modern women. Young women in order to have a slim body and dieting to lose weight, usually vegetarian diet, away from high calorie and high nutrition food, so that the nutrition is not reasonable, resulting in insufficient calcium intake in the body, coupled with weight loss to reduce body fat, due to fat and estrogen content, female estrogen amount is often reduced with the reduction of fat, estrogen levels decline for a long time, will accelerate the loss of bone calcium, causing osteoporosis. NO.2 whitening “beauty” out of osteoporosis “a white cover three ugly, white is beautiful, this is the motto of young sex” Xu Hongzhang, director of the well-known, vitamin D helps the body’s absorption of calcium, and sunlight exposure is a necessary vitamin D production factor. The young women white away from the sun behavior can not effectively increase the body of vitamin D will greatly affect the absorption of calcium in the body. NO.3 bad habits “born” out of osteoporosis Xu Hongzhang, director of an epidemiological study confirmed that often irregular sleep, such as long-term overtime, night driving, long-term consumption of coffee, drinks and smoking, drinking and other bad habits, may affect calcium absorption and estrogen levels in the body, resulting in osteoporosis. . According to a survey, men who drink more than 27 glasses of alcohol per week and women who drink 14 glasses of alcohol have a much higher rate of serious osteoporosis than non-drinkers or those who drink only a small amount of alcohol, especially the rate of beer for bone damage is many times higher. Director Xu Hongzhang especially pointed out that regular consumption of beverages, especially cola, may cause women to suffer from osteoporosis and fractures later on. Director Xu Hongzhang also cited other special conditions that can cause osteoporosis in young women, such as breastfeeding. Director Xu Hongzhang introduced that during lactation, the pituitary gland secretes a large amount of lactogen, which puts the ovaries in a state of inhibition and reduces estrogen levels, and low estrogen reduces bone mass. During lactation, calcium is mobilized from the bone more than during pregnancy because of the need to meet the growth and development of the newborn, the extent of which depends on the amount of milk and the length of the lactation period. Relevant studies have shown that calcium needs increase during lactation, and some of the calcium originates from increased bone conversion, and the lost bone mass cannot be fully recovered 10 months after lactation, so osteoporosis is easily triggered. In addition, endocrine diseases affecting bone metabolism (gonadal, adrenal, parathyroid and thyroid diseases, etc.), immune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, digestive and renal diseases affecting calcium and vitamin D absorption and regulation, malignant diseases such as multiple myeloma, long-term use of glucocorticoids or other drugs affecting bone metabolism, and various congenital and acquired abnormalities of bone metabolism are also likely to cause osteoporosis. In China, the number of hip fractures due to osteoporosis has increased twofold in the past 10 years, and what is even more frightening is that 1/4 of the hip fracture patients died in less than a year, and those who survived were either wheelchair-bound or bedridden. Many young women are worried about whether their lives will be greatly affected if they suffer from osteoporosis. Director Xu Hongzhang reminded young women can not worry too much, early osteoporosis if there are muscle cramps in the limbs, back and knee joints often sore and other symptoms, as long as early conditioning necessary to supplement drug therapy, can be cut off. Director Xu Hongzhang is concerned that if young women are left to their own devices and not treated early, serious spinal joint deformation may occur to varying degrees. Therefore, “pregnancy is not recommended for young women with osteoporosis.” Director Xu especially emphasized that “pregnancy can only occur after proper conditioning and no more osteoporosis.” Food therapy drug exercise Treatment of osteoporosis depends on persistence Moderate intake of calcium and vitamin D foods Stay away from cola coffee chocolate Director Xu Hongzhang introduced that the treatment of osteoporosis in young women mainly relies on food therapy. Targeted absorption of calcium and vitamin D foods, such as milk, eggs and soy products, appropriate seafood such as oysters, eat more tomatoes and cucumbers and other vegetables containing vitamin D. Coke, coffee and chocolate are three natural enemies of women with osteoporosis. Coke contains phosphoric acid, which will not only reduce the body’s absorption of calcium, but also accelerate the loss of calcium. Coke and chocolate are both very high in sugar, and sugar also affects calcium absorption. Chocolate also contains oxalate, oxalate will reduce the absorption of calcium, coffee contains caffeine, excessive intake will produce a mild diuretic effect, increased urine will increase urinary calcium excretion, fecal calcium excretion, triggering osteoporosis. Therefore these three foods are the number one enemy for people who are prone to osteoporosis. Moreover, when the body lacks calcium, it will mobilize the original calcium in the bones on its own, making the problem of calcium deficiency even more serious. Outdoor close to the sun more exercise to develop good habits “close to nature, close to the sun, the mood is naturally good, the body is naturally great” Xu Hongzhang director, young women should usually more sunshine, but in order to better reserve vitamin D in the body, it is best to come out at 9:00 to 10:00 in the morning, 4:00 to 7:00 in the afternoon to enjoy these two periods of time Sunbathing, an average of at least 20 minutes of sunlight per day plays a very critical role in the production of vitamin D and calcium absorption. Modern young women, no matter how busy they are, exercise is a necessary daily project. Young women can choose hill climbing and rope skipping, both of which are very effective in treating osteoporosis and increasing bone mass. Medication can be supplemented The key is to stick to it Usual osteoporosis treatment drugs such as calcium and vitamin D are clinically classified as basic bone health supplements and do not belong to the strict range of anti-osteoporosis treatment drugs. Therefore, in addition to lifestyle modification, young women with osteoporosis need to take basic bone health supplements when necessary. The recommended daily intake of calcium for adults is 800mg (elemental calcium), which is a suitable dose to obtain the ideal bone peak and maintain bone health, and calcium supplements can be used if the calcium supply in the diet is insufficient. , “To cure osteoporosis, the most important thing is to persist.” Because calcium and vitamin D are not enough, usually 2 to 4 weeks to see results. Osteoporosis is not the patent of the elderly, young people are also shot, especially young women is osteoporosis easy to favor the crowd, family doctors online editor reminded the majority of young women friends, in daily life to pay attention to diet, away from the natural enemy of cola, coffee and chocolate.