What is Osteoporosis?

Question

My sister-in-law is about 6 months pregnant and she is diagonsed with Osteoporosis.
How can I help her?

Answer 1

Osteoporosis is where the bones don't take in Calcium as well. It usually happens after pregnancy when the mother is breastfeeding and doesn't have enough calcium. It slowly deteriorates teh bones and they become spongey in a way. Older people with it will have big hunches in their backs from their bones deteriorating like that. Also people can break bones much more easily. A simple fall can break a wrist or a leg.

There's nothing you can really do to help her... she just has to take her medication that helps her body soak up the calcium and she has to have checkups on her bones to see how dense they are. Also she could buy expensive Calcium and Vitamin D chewable things so there is more for her to have.

Answer 2

This is by far one of the most idiotic and superficial questions I've seen. Gods, I can't even believe I'm bothering to explain this! Osteoporosis is NOT a cosmetic enhancement. You can't just get a little bit of Osteoporosis, then once you hit whatever height you are obsessed with, you can just put the brakes on it. It ought to make you happy that no matter how much calcium, exercise, and other things that doctors are telling women to begin doing younger and younger will still not totally prevent Osteoporosis. It's going to happen as you get older, and hopefully by then you will realize what an outstanding imbecile you are right now. Osteoporosis doesn't actually shrink you, btw, it makes you hunch over, curving your spine. So imagine a hump versus you magically shrinking to whatever size you feel is appropriate. It isn't going to make you small and dainty, it's going to hunch you over, make you fragile, give you arthritis and other inflammatory diseases. Honestly, look for a local Osteoporosis group near you and go to one. LISTEN to them, LOOK at them, but most importantly, don't open your yap unless you want to be pummeled quite righteously by a bunch of canes, walkers, and wheelchairs.

Answer 3

Osteoporosis is a disease in which bones become fragile and more likely to break. If not prevented or if left untreated, osteoporosis can progress painlessly until a bone breaks. These broken bones, also known as fractures, occur typically in the hip, spine, and wrist.

Any bone can be affected, but of special concern are fractures of the hip and spine. A hip fracture almost always requires hospitalization and major surgery. It can impair a person's ability to walk unassisted and may cause prolonged or permanent disability or even death. Spinal or vertebral fractures also have serious consequences, including loss of height, severe back pain, and deformity

Answer 4

Osteoporosis is a disease of bone in which the bone mineral density (BMD) is reduced, bone microarchitecture is disrupted, and the amount and variety of non-collagenous proteins in bone is changed. Osteoporotic bones are more susceptible to fracture. Osteoporosis is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as either a bone mineral density 2.5 standard deviations below peak bone mass (20-year-old person standard) as measured by DXA, or any fragility fracture. While treatment modalities are becoming available, prevention is still the most important way to reduce fracture. Due to its hormonal component, more women, particularly after menopause, suffer from osteoporosis than men.

Osteoporosis can be thought of as analogous to "sarcopenia", which is the age-related loss of skeletal muscle. The combination of sarcopenia and osteporosis results in the significant frailty often seen in the elderly population

Prevention of Osteoporosis:

Women may help prevent osteoporosis by:


Maintaining a balanced diet, rich in calcium
Performing regular weight-bearing exercise or activity
Not smoking
Limiting alcohol intake
Using medications such as hormone replacement therapy when appropriate

The Importance of Calcium and Vitamin D

Maintaining a diet rich in calcium is one of the best ways to help prevent osteoporosis since the body stores 99% of calcium in bones and teeth (the remaining 1% is stored in the blood and soft tissue).

Answer 5

Osteoporosis is when your bones weaken. Their structure becomes more porous and less solid. There are medications her doctor can prescribe.

The only thing you can do is encourage her to get her calcium every day and catch her if she falls. Hip fractures are common in women with Osteoporosis. Of course they're usually elderly.

Answer 6

Sorry to hear that. Pregnancy is really hard on the body if you have osteosporosis because if your sister-in-law does not consume enough calcium to support her needs and the needs of the growing baby, the baby just takes the calcium from the mom's bones thus making the condition even worse! Then breast feeding again drains calcium from her already brittle bones if she doesnt take enough calcium. She needs to drink lots of milk and take her prenatal vistamins and if the doctor says ok, then extra calcium. She should walk, 'cause excercise helps strenghten bones and keep an eye on her calcium consumption always! Vitamin D is needed to absorb calcium and so is estrogen. Check out what foods have vitamin D, (you can get if also from sunlight!) and I hope her doc keeps an eye on her hormone levels

Answer 7

So To keep it simple basically most calcium that people consume like dairy milk and supplements are accepted into the body but are not able to assimilate this means. Our body recognizes it as calcium so it holds onto but it cannot assimilate it. so this inorganic calcium sits and causes havoc like osteoporosis, bone spurs, 80% of all kidney stone are composed of calcium, arthritis, and many more complications throughout our bodies are from inorganic calcium that is just sitting around and hanging out! Inside our body.
First we want to stop the damage so I would stop all dairy consumption, soda and white sugar (now if your are doing this as a preventative then we could eliminate these items at a slower pace).

Then we want to add lots of organic calcium or natural foods that will help the body to produce it. as we flood the body with organic calcium our body will let go of the inorganic calcium deposits that are sitting around doing damage.

Another very important thing to remember is that as you are eliminating things like white sugar, dairy milk, soda etc. ..make sure you replace it with something else or your body is going to rebel.

Answer 8

Osteoporosis ("porous bones", from Greek: οστούν/ostoun meaning "bone" and πόρος/poros meaning "pore") is a progressive bone disease that is characterized by a decrease in bone mass and density which can lead to an increased risk of fracture.[1] In osteoporosis, the bone mineral density (BMD) is reduced, bone microarchitecture deteriorates, and the amount and variety of proteins in bone are altered. Osteoporosis is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a bone mineral density of 2.5 standard deviations or more below the mean peak bone mass (average of young, healthy adults) as measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry; the term "established osteoporosis" includes the presence of a fragility fracture.[2] The disease may be classified as primary type 1, primary type 2, or secondary. The form of osteoporosis most common in women after menopause is referred to as primary type 1 or postmenopausal osteoporosis. Primary type 2 osteoporosis or senile osteoporosis occurs after age 75 and is seen in both females and males at a ratio of 2:1. Secondary osteoporosis may arise at any age and affect men and women equally. This form results from chronic predisposing medical problems or disease, or prolonged use of medications such as glucocorticoids, when the disease is called steroid- or glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis.
Bisphosphonates are the most common medications prescribed for osteoporosis treatment. These include:

Alendronate (Fosamax)
Risedronate (Actonel, Atelvia)
Ibandronate (Boniva)
Zoledronic acid (Reclast, Zometa)
Hormones, such as estrogen, and some hormone-like medications approved for preventing and treating osteoporosis, such as raloxifene (Evista), also play a role in osteoporosis treatment. However, fewer women use estrogen replacement therapy now because it may increase the risk of heart attacks and some types of cancer.
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Answer 9

Osteoporosis means: brittle bones.
Get cheweable calcium squares at the market. They look and taste like caramel squares

Answer 10

Osteoporosis is a disease of bone in which the bone mineral density (BMD) is reduced, bone micro architecture is disrupted, and the amount and variety of non-collagenous proteins in bone is changed. Osteoporotic bones are SUSCEPTIBLE FRACTURE. So be careful.