Risk factors for osteoporosis

Osteoporosis - a disease in which bone is destroyed. There are a number of related factors of its development. They in turn are divided into controllable and uncontrollable risk factors. Managed - are those that can be influenced throughout life.

  

By controlled osteoporosis risk factors include:

• Smoking. Tobacco smoke, which the smoker inhales, contains cadmium and nicotine, which is extremely harmful to bone cells. Smoking is particularly dangerous for women because it reduces the level of the female hormone estrogen, leading to menopause and osteoporosis in menopause - a very common phenomenon.
•  Alcoholism. Alcohol abuse leads to the accumulation of toxins in the body that are particularly negative effect on osteoblasts - cells that synthesize bone tissue.
• Passive lifestyle.
• Insufficient amount in diet products which contain calcium.
• Lack of vitamin D in the body.
• Medication. In particular, diuretics, blood thinners, anticonvulsants.

Uncontrollable risk factors for osteoporosis:

• Genetic predisposition to the disease;
• Age-related changes in the body;
• High growth. For women - 172 cm for men - 183 cm;
• Lack of body weight;

As you see, experts allocate more risk factors for osteoporosis, which can affect their own. Any disease is easier to prevent than cure, so it is very important to prevent osteoporosis and in a timely manner to contact a specialist, if you notice the first symptoms of the disease.