Osteoporosis is a condition in which a person’s bones become brittle. Director of the Center for Medical Rehabilitation, traumatologist-orthopedist, head of the department of medical rehabilitation at Sechenov University Konstantin Ternovoy, the interlocutor of socialbites.ca, says that all inhabitants of the Earth who have reached old age have or will have it.
With age, calcium is washed out of the body, bones become brittle and, as a result, prone to fracture. This is usually caused by a vitamin D deficiency.
“Bone loss with age occurs for a variety of reasons. For example, with vitamin D deficiency. This vitamin is a minibus that transports calcium from the stomach to the bones for a person. There is no vitamin D – no matter how much calcium you eat, it will stay in your stomach. Therefore, vitamin D deficiency is a big problem, especially for those living in Russia, where the sun is scarce, ”explained Ternovoy.
According to the expert, according to statistics, osteoporosis is the cause of death of 25% of the population.
“But mostly, it still affects women. For them, it happens earlier and stronger after the onset of menopause and worsens over the years. For a person with thin-boned osteoporosis, the losses will be more significant. You can visually determine the thickness of the bones by the “Soloviev index” – this is the circumference of the wrist. If the wrist is larger than 14 cm, the bones are large,” he said.
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Source: Gazeta
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