Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Osteoporosis
- Risk Factors
- Gender
Anmerkungen:
- Females are more susceptible to bone disease
- Age
Anmerkungen:
- Post-Menopausal women are more at risk due to estrogen no longer being produced. Estrogen protects bones.
- Hereditary
- Weight
- Diet
- Exercise
- A disease which causes brittle, thin &
porous bones
- How to Reduce
RIsk
- Increase
calcium and
Vitamin D
intake
- Balance
protein
intake
- Reduce salt
and caffeine
intake
- Increase weight-bearing
exercises, such as
walking
- HRT
- Fish oils
help to
preserve
bone mass
- Symptoms
- Fragile, brittle bones
- Bone fractures,
particularly hip, wrist &
spine
- Curved/humped
back, rounded
shoulders
- Neck & Back pain
- Loss in height
- Medical evidence of loss in
bone mass