Symptoms and hazards of osteoporosis

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As we all know, osteoporosis, a disease, will bring great harm to patients. Even so, many people are still not very aware of the harm of this disease, and even many young people do not know about this disease. In order to make you pay more attention to this disease, let's introduce the main symptoms and hazards of osteoporosis.

Symptoms and hazards of osteoporosis

Pain: the most common symptom of osteoporosis is low back pain, accounting for 70% - 80% of patients with pain. The pain spread to both sides of the spine. The pain was alleviated when lying on the back or sitting position. The pain was aggravated when standing upright or standing for a long time or sitting for a long time. The pain was mild during the day, aggravated when waking up at night and in the morning. The pain was aggravated when bending, muscle movement, coughing and defecating.

Length shortening, hunchback: the symptoms of osteoporosis appear after pain. The anterior part of the vertebral body is almost composed of cancellous bone, and this part is the pillar of the body, with heavy load, it is easy to compress and deform, making the spine lean forward, aggravating the curvature of the back, forming a hunchback. With the growth of age, osteoporosis aggravates, the curvature of the hunchback increases, resulting in significant contracture of the knee joint.

In severe cases, it is difficult to turn over, sit up and walk, even spine deformation or limited extension, height shortening, hunchback, visceral function is affected, and it can also lead to constipation, abdominal pain, abdominal distension, appetite change, etc. More severe cases will have brittle fractures, that is, minor trauma or fractures can occur in uninjured daily life, such as falls, often occur thigh root, femoral neck, hip fractures or wrist fractures due to support; Cough or hold the child easy rib fracture; The fracture of calcaneus of the heel when stepping down the stairs; Bending, lifting and other vertebral fractures.

matters needing attention

Exercise can enhance the strength and quantity of bone. The risk of severe osteoporosis and even spontaneous fracture is far greater than that of regular exercise. Therefore, people should form the habit of loving sports from adolescence to old age, and still arrange suitable exercise programs according to their physical conditions, no less than three days a week, which will help to prevent osteoporosis and reduce the incidence of severe osteoporosis.