Osteoporosis

      Osteoporosis is a disorder characterized by reduced bone mass progressively or rapidly. Decreased bone mass causes bones to become thin and weak. So no wonder that the people who have severe osteoporosis, will easily break bones for no apparent reason. Normal bone is formed by a protein called collagen and the mineral calcium. Osteoporosis causes vacuum deposit collagen and calcium in bone. So that the process of bone formation to be stopped while the depletion process will continues.

In normal bone is always going process of bone formation and thinning continuously. It aims to maintain bone mass so as not too heavy so as not to disturb the process of movement. As I mentioned above, in osteoporosis, the formation does not occur while the process continues depletion.

Thin bones will be very weak and easily broken with even minor collisions. In normal bone, this collision will not cause anything right, while the causes of osteoporosis sufferers of severe fractures. Almost all the bones had this experience, including broken ribs, pelvis and wrist.

Although osteoporosis can strike men and women, but the majority of osteoporosis sufferers are women who have undergone menopause. It is believed that the hormone estrogen is a very important ingredient in maintaining bone mass. Well, in women with menopause, hormone production is greatly reduced so as to accelerate the reduction of bone mass. Without effective prevention, a woman can lose 20 - 30% the mass of bones in the first 10 years into menopause. The process of osteoporosis can progress slowly and in a long time. Not a few women who ignore this because they did not feel anything, until the occurrence of symptoms of broken bones caused by something minor trauma. According to research in the United States, more than 20 million people suffer from osteoporosis, and 1.3 million of whom have symptoms of bone fractures.

The main goal of osteoporosis treatment is to prevent bone fractures by stopping the reduction of bone mass and increase bone mass and strength. Prevention and treatment of osteoporosis include diet regulation, stopping bad habits like smoking and alcohol consumption, exercise regularly, consume enough calcium and vitamin D, hormone replacement treatment with estrogen in menopausal women as well as aledronate drug, etidronate or calcitonin. Some drugs I mentioned will reduce the process of bone thinning.