A while ago, Zheng Xiao, a young man from Hangzhou, slipped at night and was sent to the local hospital for orthopedics because of unbearable pain. The doctor examined him and found that it was a fracture of the left femoral neck.
The doctor also found that Zheng Xiao, who is only 30 years old, has reached the bone age of an 80-year-old man!
Osteoporosis is actually a common disease, which people call "bone crisp".
People always miss the best prevention and treatment period because of the lack of attention to this chronic disease, and often regret it after fracture.
By 2050, the United Nations predicts that the global population will exceed 9.7 billion, of which the population aged 60 will reach 2,654.38 billion.
With the advent of an aging society, there will be more and more osteoporosis patients.
Research shows that the osteoporosis rate over 50 years old reaches 19.2%, that is to say, more than 19 people over 50 years old are osteoporosis.
People with osteoporosis may fall down, bend over to carry shopping bags, even sneeze, or break bones.
It is estimated that by 2050, there will be 400 million patients with osteoporosis in the world, and the number of patients with osteoporosis or low bone density in China will reach 220 million. This is a terrible number.
Osteoporosis makes bones fragile and prone to fracture. There is an osteoporotic fracture every three seconds in the world.
Frequent fractures not only bring pain and inconvenience to life, but even lead to long-term disability and loss of independent living ability. Especially when hip and spine fractures occur, it will have a serious impact on the quality of life.
People who have experienced brittle fractures are prone to fracture again. If a fracture occurs in the first year, the risk of a second fracture will increase five times.
Worldwide, one-third of women and one-fifth of men over the age of 50 will suffer from fractures caused by osteoporosis.
Osteoporosis is closely related to each of us and cannot be ignored.
What do you know about osteoporosis? How many do you believe in true and false popular science on the Internet?
Today is the International Osteoporosis Day. Let's talk about the truth about osteoporosis.
The rumor of osteoporosis is not the patent of the elderly, and young people will get osteoporosis!
The main causes of osteoporosis in young people are as follows:
The rumor of osteoporosis is more than just calcium supplementation!
For example, suppose that bones are houses and calcium is bricks. Is calcium supplementation useful? Of course it works. You can't build a house without bricks. And bricks can't be less, calcium must be supplemented!
But calcium alone is useless, because building a house requires not only bricks, but also cement and steel bars, which are other substances that need to be supplemented, such as vitamin D and collagen.
In addition, estrogen is a very important bone strengthening substance. For some patients with osteoporosis caused by serious estrogen deficiency, estrogen supplementation is needed.
Indeed, women are more likely to suffer from osteoporosis than men.
This is mainly because women are influenced by estrogen. Estrogen can promote bone formation and protect bone mass.
During menopause, estrogen drops sharply, bone damage increases, and bone mass decreases gradually, leading to osteoporosis.
Therefore, the age at which women are most prone to osteoporosis is before and after menopause, which also suggests that before and after menopause is the golden age for women to prevent osteoporosis!
It is rumored that drinking cola often will not lead to osteoporosis!
Many people think that drinking too much cola will lead to calcium deficiency because cola contains "phosphorus", and phosphorus and calcium are mutually exclusive. When the phosphorus in the body reaches a certain level, calcium will be driven out of the body.
According to China's food composition table, 100ml cola contains only 4mg of phosphorus. In contrast, 100g mustard tuber contains about 4 1 mg of phosphorus,100g pickled asparagus contains about 70 mg of phosphorus, 102 mg ... milk biscuits contain about100 mg of phosphorus.
In contrast, the phosphorus in cola is really negligible.
Whether drinking beer regularly can prevent osteoporosis depends on the intake of beer.
The latest research found that drinking 1~2 glasses of beer every day is helpful to prevent osteoporosis.
Silicon in beer plays an important role in the growth and development of bones and helps to reduce the risk of osteoporosis.
A new study published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research found that silicon intake has a protective effect on the bones of men and young women. In addition, beer is also rich in phytoestrogens, which helps to keep bones healthy.
But beer also belongs to wine, and excessive drinking will cause damage to organs such as the liver. Studies have shown that men with beer bellies are more likely to suffer from osteoporosis. Therefore, there is no scientific and accurate conclusion whether drinking beer regularly will prevent osteoporosis.
It is rumored that osteoporosis must be treated regularly!
Many patients with osteoporosis have not received formal treatment, and there will be two outcomes in the end:
The International Osteoporosis Foundation has developed a self-assessment list of risk factors for osteoporosis. As long as one item is consistent, it means that you are more likely to suffer from osteoporosis.
It is suggested to go to a regular hospital for bone health assessment, including fracture risk assessment, which can effectively assess the fracture risk in the next 10 year and take targeted preventive measures in advance.