Osteoporosis, a silent danger close to the elderly!

Osteoporosis is a disease in which bone mass decreases or thins with age. It is common in postmenopausal women. The World Health Organization has set diagnostic criteria. That people with a standard deviation of bone mass compared to the general population of less than or equal to -2.5 from a DXA scan are considered to have osteoporosis. Generally does not show any symptoms. People. Who have it will not have pain or abnormal joints. Therefore considered a “silent danger” that the older you get, the more careful you need to be.

Are you at risk for osteoporosis?

Thai Foundation, the following people should undergo a bone mass test to detect osteoporosis:

• Men aged 70 years and over
• Women aged 65 years and over
• Women who have menopause at age 45 or younger
• Postmenopausal women with a body mass index less than 20 kg/m2.
• Postmenopausal women who have lost 4 cm or more in height.
• Women aged 50 years and over with a history of bone fractures from falls.
• Patients who received steroid treatment at 7.5 mg daily for 3 months.

In women, sex hormones play an important role in maintaining bone mass. Postmenopausal women with declining sex hormone levels are at higher risk than men.

Osteoporosis: Do I need treatment?

Osteoporosis can cause disability to patients. When our body has less bone mass, we are at risk of fractures, especially in the hipสมัคร ufabet กับเรา รับโบนัสทันที joint. Studies have found that the mortality rate of patients with hip fractures from high as 20% in 1 year. In addition, the collapse of the spine from osteoporosis can also cause patients to have a curved back, spinal nerve compression, causing problems with walking and an increased risk of falls. Which may eventually lead to a broken hip.