Osteoporosis Treatment

Osteoporosis is a disease in which bones are very fragile. Without treatment system for osteoporosis, frequent fractures can occur, often in the hip, spine and wrist. The exact causes of osteoporosis are not known, but many risk factors have been identified.
Women are four times more likely than men to develop osteoporosis. It affects about 55 percent of people older than 50 years.

The fragility of the bones of osteoporosis occurs, because it is a low bone mass and bone tissue has deteriorated.


Osteoporosis can lead to complications than others?

The complications of osteoporosis, as a general rule, the fractures that can occur because of the fragility of the bones. Fractures from osteoporosis usually occur in the hip, spine, wrist and ribs. However, osteoporosis can affect all bones of the body, which could lead to fractures.

A hip fracture is the most serious complication as a result of osteoporosis. In the long run of the hip require hospitalization and care. It may relate to a person, the opportunity to run for a very long time and can lead to an increased risk of death.


The symptoms of osteoporosis

Many people are no symptoms of osteoporosis, until it is a fracture to suffer. It is a general rule, is not accompanied by other symptoms, and many people suffer from osteoporosis, without him noticed. Sometimes osteoporosis in the spine may be back pain, loss of height or spinal cord defects.


Diagnosis of osteoporosis

For the diagnosis of osteoporosis, a bone density test (BMD) test necessary. This test assesses bone density, if the various parts of the body. A low bone density is shown that osteoporosis, and help, areas where the fractures are likely to occur.


The treatment of osteoporosis

Treatment of Osteoporosis Osteoporosis can not cure, but it can help in the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis. Osteoporosis can prescription medicines.

• Bisphosphonates. Such drugs are alendronate, ibandronata, risedronate and calcitonin. Alendronate of osteoporosis is allowed for both men and women, osteoporosis induced by glucocorticoids. Risedronate is used to prevent and treat osteoporosis induced by glucocorticoids.
• Hormone and estrogen therapy. Parathyroid hormone is used in the treatment of osteoporosis in men with a high risk of fractures.
• Raloxifine is a selective estrogen receptor modulator. It is a kind of therapy of estrogen, which have fewer side effects normal estrogen, methods of therapy. It helps to increase bone density.