The Quiet Epidemic – Osteoporosis
One disease that is clearly preventable but is often mistakenly thought to be an inevitable result of increasing age is osteoporosis. What is osteoporosis? Simply put, it means that there…
Category: Osteoporosis
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Proper understanding of “osteoporosis”
The essence of osteoporosis is the degeneration of bone tissue, a systemic skeletal disease characterized by reduced bone mass, degeneration of microstructure, reduced bone strength, increased brittleness and susceptibility to…
Osteoporosis-related questions and answers
What is primary prevention of osteoporosis? Primary prevention of osteoporosis means that people who do not yet have osteoporosis but have risk factors for osteoporosis should be prevented…
How can osteoporosis patients prevent fractures?
Patients with osteoporosis are prone to fractures if they accidentally fall or get injured, mostly seen in wrist fractures (Coles or Smith fractures, etc.), hip fractures (neck…
What are the misconceptions of osteoporosis treatment
There are many elderly patients in my clinic who often have osteoporosis and ask me every time they visit why I have taken a lot of calcium supplements with poor…
What role does exercise play in preventing osteoporosis
Exercise and physical activity play an important role in the prevention of age-related osteoporosis and have an irreplaceable effect of drugs. 1, exercise can promote systemic blood circulation, bones through the…
Tertiary prevention of osteoporosis
Primary prevention should start with children and adolescents, pay attention to reasonable dietary nutrition; adhere to a scientific lifestyle. Secondary prevention mainly refers to middle-aged people, especially women after menopause, when…
How to prevent and care for osteoporosis
I. What is osteoporosis Osteoporosis is a systemic disease, which is mainly characterized by low bone mineral content, destruction of bone structure, reduced bone strength, and susceptibility to fracture. Pain,…
Key points in the diagnosis and screening of osteoporosis
I. Bone density testing is indicated for: 1. Women aged ≥65 years or men aged ≥70 years (timing of periodic examinations is determined by initial results); 2. Postmenopausal women or…
Osteoporosis prevention and treatment
I. Overview The result of economic development and social progress is that people are living longer, but the accompanying degenerative age-related diseases, osteoporosis, are silently eating away at the bones…