Osteoporosis threatens men

Even more serious for women

According to DR. Le Anh BS ASS letter, Chairman of the osteoporosis HO CHI MINH CITY. HCM, Vietnam currently has about 2.8 million people have osteoporosis (76%), females do about 170,000 suffer broken bones due to osteoporosis. This number will increase to about 170-180% in 2030. Only the cost of hospital treatment of complications, osteoporosis becomes one of the chronic diseases spend the most money.

However, since old times now, people think of osteoporosis as diseases of women, while men should not men commonly subjective should have no interest in the prevention, detection and treatment measures for myself so many have suffered severe consequences of the disease. From the age of 65, South also lost bone as fast as females; about 75 years, 1/3 of men have osteoporosis and have horizontal rate with females.

DR Le Anh said, osteoporosis in men cause more serious consequences in women. About 30% of the men killed in the first round the following year when the hip fracture due to osteoporosis; While this rate in females accounted for only about 12%.

According to the statistics, all accounts broken vertebral osteoporosis due to subsidence was hardly discovered. The patient thought was common back pain as they age, most men think themselves because of osteoporosis should not pay attention. This also meant the risk of lifetime fracture in men account for about 15-20%. Femoral fractures due to osteoporosis own makes about 30% of the men of death in 1 year and about 25% must have someone help throughout the rest of his life.

Osteoporosis: a silent theft

According to experts, when the age of the bone cells suffer from aging, low sex hormone, the absorption of calcium and vitamin D (2 main raw materials to build bone) being declined leading to osteoporosis. Therefore the condition osteoporosis more severely if the bone mass in adulthood does not reach the Summit, will not have to use reserve bones as they age. This makes these men skinny or young babies are at risk for osteoporosis is higher than those of normal males.

The men drink a lot of alcohol also increase the risk of osteoporosis. Due to the alcohol reduces the process to create the bones and to absorb caxi's body. The men smoking more also susceptible to osteoporosis, the risk of spinal fracture and femoral neck falling 32-40% than the males do not use tobacco.

TS BS Le Anh Thu, Chairman of the osteoporosis HO CHI MINH CITY. HCM, said both men or women, osteoporosis is often evolve very quietly. So people or for osteoporosis as a silent theft, gradually take daily calcium in the bones of the Reserve Bank of human body. When clinical signs, often also had complications and might have lost up to 30% of bone mass.

Prevention of osteoporosis

According to DR. BS Le Anh Thu, Chairman of the osteoporosis HO CHI MINH CITY. HCM, lifestyle changes are the best way to prevent and treat osteoporosis in men.

The measures include: strengthening the mobilization, the full complement of calcium and vitamin D, limiting alcohol, tobacco restrictions, avoiding falls and to adjust the physical illness.

When the manifestations: pain, spinal pain ambiguous strain along the long bones (especially the tarsometatarsus), fatigue, muscle pain, chills or muscle cramps, pain when sitting for long, slow, heavy chest shortness of breath, weight, height, you have to think the treatment of osteoporosis. Men under age 65 need 1,000 mg of calcium every day; over 65 years old, need at least 1,500 mg per day.

The experts said that, in addition to calcium supplements, vitamin D; the mobilization of calcium reserves helps create good. The men each week should give at least 3 times. In addition, the running, walking, dancing, playing tennis are good for creating caxi reserves.=

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