Osteoporosis means porous bones. When you are young, your skeletons act as a calcium bank for the rest of your body, taking in new deposits that help replace the old bone. By the time you reach your mid 30's though its easy to lose bone mass than to gain it. From then on bones tend to become less dense and become brittle. Osteoporosis is most common in people over 70 and in women after menopause, when levels of bone -protecting estrogen drop.
If you are thin, if you smoke or drink, or if others in your family have osteoporosis, you may have a high risk as well. It can get worse without symptoms until a bone breaks- often in the spine, causing severe backaches and in a stooped posture. Major bone breaks may require surgery and bed rest, which can lead to further weakness and ailment such as blood clots or pneumonia. That's the bad news. The good news is that osteoporosis can be prevented; you can also slow its progress.
Causes of osteoporosis
There are three major reasons for it and they are:
- Increased bone loss during menopause for both men and women.
- No proper bone growth during childhood and adolescence resulting in failure to form good bone mass.
- Bone loss can also be caused by reason's like eating disorders, and certain medications.
Symptoms of osteoporosis:
- A broken bone, often in the spine, hip, ribs, or wrists.
- Stooped and round - shouldered posture; loss of height (usually happens after the age of 70) .
- Severe backache .
- Tooth loss.
- Brittle fingernails.
- Fatigue.
Prevention for osteoporosis:
- Try to gain a few pounds if you are under-weight; being too thin puts you at risk.
- If you smoke, quit and if you drink, don't drink much. Have no more than 1 drink a day.
- If you are going through menopause, consider hormonal replacement, which cuts the bone loss and also cuts the risk of factures to half.
- Get your daily supplements of calcium and vitamin D.
- Talk to your doctor and keep informed about your bone health.
Home Remedies for Osteoporosis
Most effective home remedies for osteoporosis are:
- Get plenty of exercise. It lowers your risk of losing bone and it can strengthen bones that have begun to thin.
- Make sure you get lots of calcium and vitamin D in your daily diet.
- If you're not sure your diet has enough calcium take over the counter calcium supplements. Some antacids are good sources.
- If you have osteoporosis that causes pain, take over the counter painkillers.
- To prevent falls; install handrails on stairs and grab bars in the bathroom. Cover slippery floors with carpet rubber mats or nonskid wax.
Home Remedies for Osteoporosis
- If you facture a bone.
- If you have stubborn pain in the back, ribs, spine or feet.
- If you have a backache or getting a curved back. .
