Xiaoli's mother took her child out for fun a few days ago. When she saw a slide in the park, she took her grandson to play. There were many children who came to play slides. Because the place was relatively large, some children were skating and playing ball next to her. Xiaoli's mother stood aside and stared at her grandson. She didn't notice that a child wearing skates next to her bump and tripped.
so scared the person next to him, so he quickly helped Xiaoli's mother up and sent him to the hospital. Xiaoli thought that her mother just fell and there shouldn't be too big of a problem, but after going to the hospital for examination, she found that Xiaoli's mother had bone fracture and needed to be hospitalized for treatment. The doctor said that this situation occurred because of osteoporosis caused by too low bone density.
Data shows that more than 50% of osteoporosis patients have no symptoms before the fracture occurs, so osteoporosis is also called the "silent killer". If middle-aged and elderly people are not careful, they may cause very serious consequences.
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Why is osteoporosis called the "silent killer"?
bone consists of organic matrix and mineral salt . 85%~90% of the organic matrix is type one collagen, the rest are a variety of non-collagen and proteoglycan , anti-inflammatory agent hydroxyapatite crystals, 80%~90% of the cortical bone in the bone is mineralized tissue, the mineralized tissue of cancellous bone only accounts for 15%~25%, and the rest are bone marrow blood vessels and connective tissue .
The cells in the bone include osteocytes, osteoblasts, cells, and other dogs. The cells are embedded in the matrix. Osteoblasts mainly exist on the surface of the bone and play an important role in bone transformation. Osteoblasts are responsible for the formation of the bone matrix, commonly known as "bone-making cells".
Osteoclasts have the opposite function, which is responsible for bone resorption commonly known as "eating bone cells". The two cells are often in a state of struggle and must maintain a dynamic balance. Once the balance is broken and bone resorption exceeds bone formation, osteoporosis may occur. The bone minerals per unit volume of osteoporosis patients are normal to reduce bone minerals, and the damage to the fine structure causes the bone to become brittle and prone to fractures.
The medical community calls osteoporosis a quiet epidemic because before the fracture of this disease occurs, there are often no pain or other symptoms, but in fact it has begun to gradually develop in the human body. It is not noticed until fractures of the spine, hip and wrists occur, so it is called the "silent killer".
From this perspective, if there are susceptible factors for osteoporosis, whether there are symptoms or no fractures have occurred, bone density examinations should be performed, or bone loss should be prevented early.
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Typical clinical manifestations are:
Pain
Bone mass is less than 12% of normal, and low back pain, , hip bone and both lower limb pain may occur. The pain in most patients occurs in the middle and late stages of the disease.
bone pain is the main causes of:
. During the bone conversion process, bone resorption increases, bone trabecular damage, subperiosteal cortical bone destruction, and osteoclast bone lysis, mainly manifested by nighttime pain.
. Microfractures caused by mechanical stress are mainly manifested in pain after fatigue.
3. Muscle and ligament stress caused by bone deformities. When patients with osteoporosis are active, the waist and back muscles are in a state of tension for a long time, causing fatigue of the waist and back muscles, spasm and pain.
4. Severe low bone mass failure, caused by long-term bed rest and braking.
5. Caused by fragile fractures, usually after minor trauma.
spinal deformation
Severe people may have shortened height and hunchback. Because osteoporosis is prone to occur in the bone cancellous part, and the vertebrae of vertebrae is composed of bone cancellous .
Therefore, the first thing that is involved in the early stage of osteoporosis is the vertebral body. As the number of bone trabecula that plays a supporting role gradually decreases, the bones of the vertebral body become loose and fragile in structure, and can be deformed and shortened when compressed. The spine is the pillar of the human body when sitting and standing, which results in shortening height and hunchback.
Fragile fracture
When the bone mass is less than 20% of the normal, it refers to a fracture caused by the patient at the height or height of standing without clear traumatic factors or daily activities (such as sneezing or bent down), also known as a tiny damaging fracture.
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Don’t want to slowly “empty” your bones and cause osteoporosis. Try to touch these 3 foods as little as possible!
, protein powder : Nowadays, many young people or middle-aged and elderly people often supplement protein powder in order to improve their body immunity. However, if this high-protein component is consumed too much, the calcium component will dissolve from the bone structure, which has a bad inhibitory effect on bone development and the formation of cartilage tissue, and will instead cause osteoporosis.
. High-salt foods: Eating high-salt foods frequently is very unfavorable to the human body. They will not only cause high blood pressure , but also accelerate the loss of calcium in the body. This is mainly because high-salt foods contain a large amount of sodium, which can accelerate calcium dissolution, and inhibit the body's absorption of calcium, leading to more serious calcium loss in the body, and eventually induce osteoporosis.
3. Strong tea: Drinking too much strong tea will also accelerate bone loss, because tea contains a lot of caffeine . When excessive caffeine is consumed, calcium will be excreted in the urine, making the nutrients required by the bones not replenished, and inhibits the absorption and utilization rate of bones. Therefore, it will cause bone loss to affect bone health. Over time, it will also induce osteoporosis.
