About Osteoporosis

Rubyee2 asked:


I have been taking Fosmax for many years but have heard some bad things about it. I don’t want my bones to get any worse so don’t know what to do. Don’t want to break a hip. It really hasn’t helped all that much according to the tests. Besides that they won’t put it out in generic.

Ellen

VetMed asked:


How can I prevent osteoporosis while I am a teenager?

Not only osteoperosis, but any other illness that generally develops during agin?

Amy

Peter Clark asked:


Osteoporosis is a common condition which can affect both men and women. Since osteoporosis is a degenerative disease, bone density is lost over time. It is possible to reverse the side effects of osteoporosis, however. Before you try any osteoporosis treatment, it is a good idea to consult your doctor. However, if you have found that the latest treatment for brittle bones just does ever seem to work for you, then it may time to try some different and more natural osteoporosis treatments.The first natural treatment that you will want to think about is your diet. For years, people with this serious health disease have been told that their diets should mainly consist of high amounts of Calcium. The latest treatment for osteoporosis and treating the bone disease shows that more than Calcium is needed in the diets of those who suffer from osteoporosis. A diet which consists mainly of fruits and vegetables, as well as a minimal amount of saturated and trans fat, is ideal for someone with this health condition. Keep in mind that a well balanced diet will not only help treat osteoporosis, but it will help prevent this disease from occurring at all. Another main key to naturally preventing and treating osteoporosis is a regular exercise routine. Remaining active will help ensure that your bones stay healthy and strong. Of course, this is not only an osteoporosis treatment, but a treatment for almost everything. If you follow a regular exercise routine, as well as a healthy diet, you will also be able to prevent yourself from experiencing other conditions aside from osteoporosis. Finally, if have had no success with the latest treatment for osteoporosis, you may want to think about taking a supplement. There are several different supplements that doctors recommend as treatment options for osteoporosis. Calcium and Vitamin D are both known to prevent further loss in bone density.Whether you take these supplements individually or you opt for a multi-vitamin, this is a very effective and natural osteoporosis treatment. And it is better if you take a complete balanced nutritional supplement rather than a simple vitamin supplement as the body needs a wide range of vitamins and minerals in balance to operate to it’s optimum.As you can see, there are several different options available for those who are looking for a natural and organic method of treating osteoporosis. Rather than just looking for the latest treatment for osteoporosis you may want to consider combining a well balanced diet, exercise routine and the best organic and natural supplements into your life.  This may well be far healthier than just a drug based approach.And there is a company out there manufacturing some of the finest natural organic osteoporosis treatments around, and I’ll bet you’ve never even heard of them.

Frank

Lauren B. Wallace asked:


 
Many women suffer from osteoporosis mostly due to their unhealthy lifestyle choices. The truth is that hunchback, back pain and frailty can all be avoided with the proper lifestyle changes. Osteoporosis threatens approximately 44 million Americans, 68 % of which are women. So what are some of the risk factors and what can we do in order to reduce our chances of developing this illness?
Two of the main cause factors include age and sex. Women tend to develop this particular illness more frequently than men. Other factors which increase our chances of developing osteoporosis include ethnicity (White and Asian have a greater risk), family history, thin boned frame, infrequent menstrual cycles, estrogen loss due to menopause, anorexia, diet low in calcium, diet low in vitamin D, sedentary lifestyle, smoking, alcohol consumption, and certain medications. With all of these risk factors, is osteoporosis even preventable?
Many doctors believe that osteoporosis is preventable. Our bodies build up bone mass until the age of thirty, after that new bone stops forming and our focus should be on maintaining old bone. So basically, we have to take care of our bones throughout our lives. During our youth years we need to consume a diet rich in calcium and vitamin D in order to build up strong bone mass. Once we reach our thirties we still need to maintain a diet rich in calcium and vitamin D in order to keep our bones strong and prevent breakage. And this is where many people go astray. Once they reach their teen years, people completely forget about bone health until the day they start noticing problems. If proper care is taken throughout the years, bone problems can easily be avoided. So talk to your doctor about the proper calcium dosage for your particular age group and support your bone health today.

Calvin

feels_hopeless asked:


My aunt is in her mid 60s and she is an active housewife but I’ve noticed for the past decade or so, that her back has begun to hunch more and more. Is this the condition known as osteoporosis? Is there a sort of treatment that will enable my aunt to get her back straightened upright back to normal? Thanks in advance.

Patricia

Jaks Lloyd asked:


Osteoporosis Can Strike at Thirty

Although osteoporosis is known to appear especially on older people, the truth is that the disease can strike at any age.

Therefore, millions and millions of people are at risk. And not only women even though osteoporosis is associated in most of the cases with them, but also men can suffer from this debilitating condition.

Women are four times more likely to develop the disease than men

Osteoporosis is a disease that makes the bones so fragile and they are more likely to break.

There are no kinds of symptoms, no pain, no warning signs that could alert people about the onset of the disease.

The first indication can be something minor like a fall, a bump or a strain causing easily a break or fracture.

Any bone can be affected, but in many cases fractures occur in the hip, spine or wrist.

Spinal fractures are serious, severe back pain, permanent loss of height and deformity are often the outcome.

Hip fractures are very dangerous. In the most of the cases, they require major surgery.

Both are likely to impair the ability to walk without assistance.

Test have proven that one in every two Caucasian women and one in eight men over the age of 50 are probable to suffer an osteoporosis related fracture at some time in their remaining lifetime.

Some women can lose almost 20% of bone mass only in the first 5-7 years after the menopause, increasing their susceptibility to the disease.

Important factors that can determine the disease are: a thin/small frame, anorexia nervosa, advanced age, post menopause including early or induced menopause, the existence of the disease in the family history, low testosterone in men, sedentary lifestyle, low calcium diet, smoking and excessive consumption of alcohol.

Prevention

Osteoporosis is a disease that needs to be prevented. No one is too young to prepare herself or himself to fight against it.

This can begin in early childhood and even teen years by building strong bones, the best foundation for prevention in later years.

The average woman will have acquired 98% of her skeletal mass by the age of twenty.

Good to start at any age, there are three fundamental steps you can take to reduce the chances of suffering from osteoporosis.

Richard

Rosalinda Streak asked:


Osteoporosis is a progressive disease that weakens bones, enhancing the danger of sudden and unexpected fractures. Literally, Osteoporosis means ‘porous bones’. The pores develop in bones after an extensive loss of bone mass. The disorder is mainly linked to the aging process, although it can affect people of any age. The disease is more prevalent among women, particularly the menopausal women, but it occurs among men as well.

Osteoporosis is of two types:

Primary osteoporosis: This commonly occurs in women of age 50 to 65 years, i.e., menopausal/postmenopausal woman. Men after age 75 may also develop it.

Secondary osteoporosis: This may occur among young, middle-aged people and the older people as well. Some of the common causes of secondary osteoporosis include:

• Medications like corticosteroids
• Anorexia nervosa, a self-inflicted starvation which leads to malnutrition
• Too much of workouts - among women who indulge in too much of exercises, estrogen production may cease, which may lead to osteoporosis.

Causes of Osteoporosis

Bones are made up of bone tissues and minerals. The process of bone formation is an ever-going process, with each of the old bone in our body being replaced by a new one in about hundred days. However, when the bone tissues and minerals are lost more rapidly than they are replenished, osteoporosis occurs. Lack of adequate amount of bone tissues and minerals forms pores in the bones, the characteristic of this disease.

Until twenties, the bones are built faster than they are broken down; consequently, when you are around 30 years, your bone density is maximum. Osteoporosis is actually linked to how much maximum bone density you acquire (by age 30) and how much of bone loss you will undergo in your middle and old age. The greater is your bone mass acquired early in life, the lesser are your chances to get osteoporosis. For the coming 15-20 years after the age of 30 years, the rate of bone loss and that of rebuilding is almost alike, thus, the bone density continues to be similar during these years. However, beyond the age 45-55 years, the breakdown of bones exceeds their building up reducing their densities. Among women, the bone loss is fastest after menopause when the decline in estrogen levels, while among men, the boss accelerates after age 65, when the levels of the hormone testosterone fall.

Thus, among the factors that cause osteoporosis are:

• Deficiency of the hormones (estrogen in women and testosterone in men)
• Nutritional deficiencies, especially of calcium and vitamin D
• Sedentary lifestyle with a lack of physical activity. Exercise or any kind of physical activity has been found to increase bone mass and hence reduce the risk of osteoporosis.

Arthur

Rubyee2 asked:


I am going to stop taking Fosamax and Miacalcin for my osteoporosis and want to take something that is safer

Kimberly

darkliter_up asked:


I have just been diagnosed with osteoporosis and need to find a chat room with others that have this same disease so that I can figure out what treatment would be the most effective and safe.

Heather

Terry h asked:


I have just been diagnosed and presently find that where I live is quite damp and there is a great deal of humidity. If not Ontario then where? Any suggestions?

Eva