What do we know about osteoporosis?

What are the symptoms of osteoporosis and how to prevent it?
An abnormal decrease in bone density, and a change in its quality with age, this disease is more common in women.
What are the factors that contribute to fragility?
XNUMX- There is a history of fragility in the family.
XNUMX- Aging.
XNUMX- Menopause (menstruation) at an early age, before the age of forty-five.
3- Pregnancy more than XNUMX times in a row (without an appropriate spacing period between each pregnancy).
XNUMX- Thin or thin build.
XNUMX- Lack of calcium intake, and lack or lack of exposure to sunlight.
XNUMX- Smoking and drinking coffee, tea and soft drinks in large quantities.
XNUMX- Taking cortisone compounds, epilepsy medications...
How to reduce your risk of osteoporosis:
Be sure to take calcium from natural products.
Proper nutrition and treatment of malnutrition.
Moderate exposure to the sun to allow the body to produce sufficient and necessary amounts of vitamin D.
Interest in physical exercise.
Not drinking large amounts of coffee and avoiding smoking and alcoholic beverages.
Reducing the intake of salt and salty foods that help expel calcium from the body.
- Do a bone densitometry test as a preventive measure to detect any onset of osteoporosis.