Contents:
- Medical Video: The Basics of Osteoporosis
- What causes women to get osteoporosis more easily?
- 1. Smaller bones
- 2. Hormones
- Can osteoporosis with women be prevented?
Medical Video: The Basics of Osteoporosis
Women are four times more prone to bone loss, or osteoporosis. This might be unfair, but this is true. The International Osteoporosis Foundation even estimates that osteoporosis has attacked around 200 million women in the world. How can?
Osteoporosis is a condition when your bones weaken and lose their strength. This condition can occur when the number of your bones is dead, not proportional to the amount of bone produced. But the most dangerous thing is, due to the lack of symptoms, most women do not realize that they are attacked by osteoporosis until one of their bones is broken.
What causes women to get osteoporosis more easily?
1. Smaller bones
Bone growth in women reaches its highest point at the age of 18 years. After that age, the bones of a woman are actually still developing, but in a relatively smaller amount than before. Moreover, women have lower bone mass compared to men.
Until finally, starting in your 30s, your bones will not experience an increase in bone mass anymore and continuously only replace old bone cells. Until this replacement process reaches a certain stage, a person can only be said to have osteoporosis.
2. Hormones
Estrogen plays a role in the process of bone mass production and is able to control bone-forming activities (osteoblasts) and bone absorbers (osteoclasts). A study conducted by Tobias JH even revealed that estrogen can be used as a step to treat osteoporosis in women who have experienced menopause. But further research is still needed regarding this matter.
Although the levels of estrogen that women have are more than men, this level will decrease dramatically when women enter menopause. In this phase women tend to experience bone loss and are at risk of developing osteoporosis.
Women will be more prone to osteoporosis, if:
- Having irregular menstrual cycles.
- Get her first menstruation at a younger age than usual.
- Has a history of ovary removal.
- Faster menopause.
Can osteoporosis with women be prevented?
Osteoporosis is a normal condition, especially if you are 75 years old. Although the chances of exposure differ between men and women, the impact will certainly be equally dangerous for both. Here are some things you can do to prevent the occurrence of osteoporosis with women, including:
Sports. Some sports like weight bearing and muscle-strengthening can support bone formation. Sports weight bearing itself is realized by doing some simple movements like walking, jogging, heaving stairs. However, if you find that you already have a certain chronic disease, you should first consult your doctor before you do some of the sports mentioned earlier.
Vegetable and fruit, is a food that is rich in healthy nutrients for bones, such as calcium, magnesium, pottasium, vitamin K, vitamin C and protein. A study published in the Journal of Bone Mineral even revealed, that the percentage of participants who regularly consume vegetables and fruit, has the potential to experience fractures less frequently than those who did not or who lacked the level of consumption.
Enough sleep. The study, published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, revealed that men and women over the age of 50 who are accustomed to sleeping for less than six hours experience an increased risk of developing osteoporosis.
