How to treat postmenopausal osteoporosis?
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Postmenopausal osteoporosis (POP) is a common disease related to aging, which mainly occurs in postmenopausal women. Due to the lack of estrogen, bone mass decreases and bone tissue structure changes, bone fragility increases, easy to fracture, pain, bone deformation, complications and even death caused by fracture, It seriously affects the health and quality of life of the elderly, even shortens their life span, and increases the financial and human burden of the state and families. Let's share my experience with you.
How to treat postmenopausal osteoporosis?
Appropriate calcium intake is essential for obtaining bone mass and maintaining bone iliac health. The recommended daily calcium intake for postmenopausal women is 1000-1500 mg of elemental calcium. To change the dietary habits and increase the intake of calcium, we should eat more calcium rich foods, such as milk, bean products, sea fish, shrimp, laver and dark green leafy vegetables, which is one of the effective measures to supplement calcium from food.
Long term calcium supplementation in elderly women may partially reverse the increase of serum parathyroid hormone (PTH) and bone resorption, and reduce bone loss. Compared with estrogen, bisphosphonate and calcitonin, they can not replace their therapeutic effects and can be used as adjuvant therapy
One of the reasons of negative calcium balance in patients with vitamin D osteoporosis is due to intestinal calcium absorption disorder. The most important hormone affecting intestinal calcium absorption is 1,25 (0h) 2D3. If the content of 1,25 (0h) 2D3 is low, it is difficult to absorb even if the food contains more calcium. Vitamin D acts as D3 in the liver through 25 Hydroxylase of mitochondria
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After menopause, with the increase of age, BMD will gradually decrease, and the risk of osteoporosis and fracture will increase dramatically. The main goal of prevention is to control the risk factors of osteoporosis throughout a woman's life
