Calcium and Osteoporosis

Calcium and osteoporosis. 

 

Consumption of adequate calcium. Is essential in the treatment of osteoporosis.

 The addition of calcium to help slow the decline in bone density and reduce fractures in the elderly who do not consume enough calcium.

Also found that the therapy helps reduce the breakdown of bone. (Anti-resorptive. agents) are beneficial when patients received calcium and vitamin D is adequate.

 

 However, the study found that treatment with calcium alone cannot increase bone mass is well. Need to share with vitamin D pills or to break bones only.

  In addition, the important thing to keep in mind is that the calcium supplement tablets that should be available if the patient cannot eat enough calcium from food only

The patients received adequate calcium from food, and then there is a need to supplement

Currently available in plenty of calcium tablets.

 But the most popular are calcium carbonate because it is a type of content of calcium (elemental calcium) was the most 40 percent by weight of drug

Number of tablets to eat less than other types of calcium intake.

 

However, should not be taken at a time more than 600 mg of elemental calcium as this will effectively decrease drug absorption.

 For adverse drug calcium were the most common constipation.

May be modified by medication with food and water under a cup.

This not only reduces side effects of gastrointestinal happened but also allows for better absorption of drugs with

 

For calcium gluconate and lactate are not as popular nowadays due to the amount of calcium is very low. Patients need medication tablets of up to 23-26 tablets to receive adequate amount of calcium.

 Calcium acetate for drugs that do not have benefits beyond the amount of calcium carbonate and calcium lower and more expensive too.

The calcium citrate is more expensive than calcium carbonate, but the advantage is that the drug will dissolve in water than in the presence of neutral pH may be useful in older patients might suffer from achlorhydria is common, and as an alternative for patients. Constipation symptoms when eating the type carbonate.

 The effervescent tablet of calcium medication. Drug is produced to make medicines more easily because they dissolve tablets in a glass of water before and flavors have been invited to eat. However, drugs are more expensive compared to other types of calcium tablets.

 

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When to treat and how to evaluate the outcome of treatment?

When to treat ?

and how to evaluate the outcome of treatment?

Patients with osteoporosis may be a physician with signs and symptoms may vary. Some may have severe symptoms caused by complications of the disease, such as broken bones.

Chronic low back pain or some of them may have no symptoms or signs, but found that bone density is reduced to visual machine dual-energy X-ray inspection absorptiometry (DXA).

So, when assessing individual patients, so treatment is different. In general, in addition to evaluation of symptoms. The symptoms and physical examination and then. Doctor should be monitoring the bone density every 1-2 years after treatment.

. For the monitoring of treatment by measuring the index is created or breaking bones (bone markers) that are still not widely used for inspection and examination only in expensive medical schools.

However, the control bone markers that can be useful in monitoring patients with osteoporosis, low bone mass rapidly (high bone turnover).

Diseases such as osteoporosis by the use of hard core glucosamine Martin Grand Room. (Glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis).

This is to help change treatment decisions more quickly. Since the detection of changes in bone density after treatment will take several months to see the changes.

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When to treatment Osteoporosis?

When we give a treatment of osteoporosis?

Getting the treatment of osteoporosis is determined by bone density (BMD: BMD) is the main

 It compares with the standard of young people with the same race and sex (T-score) in which a popular bone density measures, including the pelvis and lumbar spine.

 Since the site where the fractures are common and were associated with disability and death in 1, 2 in general, the beginning of treatment in patients with T-score less than or equal to -. 2.5 SD.

However, the decision to take into account not only for the treatment of T-scores should only be considered together with other factors such as age of the patient. History of fractures in the past. Diseases of the patient. Risk factors for osteoporosis.

 It should consider SRETTHA on the status and benefits associated with treating patients. This is because the treatment of osteoporosis needs to maintain continuity for a long time. Some drugs used in the treatment are expensive. Therefore, treatment of individual patients should be carefully considered and should be clearly indicated.

Guidelines for the treatment of osteoporosis include an adequate calcium intake. The proper exercise. Medications to reduce the breaking of bones and increase bone mass. To prevent fractures. To relieve the pain. Change of disability, including physical therapy in patients with fractures caused to the patient of autonomy and a better quality of life.

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What is in this blog ?

Currently, the incidence of osteoporosis is probably higher. This is due to the number of elderly is increasing. 

However, in the last two decades of drug discovery and many new treatments are effective in treating the disease. In addition to reducing the incidence of fractures. 

Reduce disability and mortality, already to improve the quality of life for patients. Reduce the burden on the family and society. It also led to reduce the economic loss.

This blog try to collects several drugs have been approved to be used to treat and prevent osteoporosis and maintain the new starting point is used to treat osteoporosis

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Why I try to collect about Osteoporosis.

I will collected all about osteoporosis occur because I think I feel backache very much in this year, and I had lose weight rapidly cause my country fashion don’t support a fat girl so I try for many times to lose weight.

And I think personal beliefs influence health behavior and then decide.

The study of personal beliefs is a factor. That can lead to health behavior change. The factors that influence health beliefs. Includes knowledge of a person (individual perception) cofactor (modification factor) and factors that influence the feasibility of implementation (risk share). 

When people are aware of the risk (perceived susceptibility), perceived severity (perceived seriousness) and the threat (perceived threat) as the perception that they are at risk of osteoporosis. 

Because the behavior of low-calcium diet. Lack of exercise and no chance of getting the red light are adequate. And when you realize that osteoporosis is the cause of severe chronic pain, suffering. Brittle bones brittle and difficult to treat due to disability. A charge of relying on other medical expenses and loss of high can result in personal behavior and decided to protect health.

In addition to the above perception. Factors associated with an address to the management of behavior modification are to improve the knowledge or experience about the disease. And be encouraged to practice proper behavior such as self-perception of risk. Information or the experience of illness of a close and perceived benefits and barriers in the correct behavior. In order to promote appropriate behaviors and to overcome obstacles.

Therefore, assessment of risk perception. And the severity of the disease. Together with co-factors. Knowledge and experience with the disease. Having the opportunity to stimulate the action of a party with some variations. Each method of influencing how motivated or not. It 'important factor that must be met to achieve success in changing health behavior.

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