11/02/2025
Osteoporoza?
Osteoporosis is a gradual process of bone destruction.
The early signs of osteoporosis include fatigue, decreased performance, pain in the bones and in the back of the head (especially during weather changes), irritability and tearfulness, depression, apathy, anxiety, fear, and sleep disturbances. However, osteoporosis often has no symptoms in its early stages and becomes apparent only through bone pain, skeletal deformities, or fractures. The danger of osteoporosis lies in its silent progression, developing without noticeable symptoms.
Fractures occur at the stage of the disease when bone loss becomes significant. This is why early prevention is crucial. The main goal of osteoporosis prevention is to maintain bone mass and density. The key preventive measures include a balanced diet rich in calcium, boron, fluorine, zinc, silicon, phosphorus, protein, and essential vitamins (C, D, E, K), antioxidants, limiting salt intake; regular moderate physical activity, physiotherapy, and massage; regular but moderate exposure to the sun; reducing alcohol consumption, quitting smoking; injury prevention.
Facts about osteoporosis:
🔸By 2050, the global incidence of hip fractures is expected to increase by 310% in men and 240% in women compared to 1990, driven by urbanization and an aging population.
🔸 Most patients with low-trauma fractures (approximately 80%) are neither screened nor treated, making fracture prevention ineffective.
🔸 The number of bed days in patients with osteoporosis exceeds the corresponding figures in patients with breast cancer, heart attacks, diabetes, etc. Additionally, 1 in 5 women with a vertebral fracture experiences another fracture within a year.
🔸 Approximately 60% of people after a hip fracture lose their independence, and 20% require long-term medical care within a year after the fracture. The risk of fractures is 27% higher than the risk of prostate cancer.
🔸 Every 3 seconds, one fracture occurs in the world, which is approximately 9 million annually.
🔸 Having one fracture doubles the risk of experiencing another
🔸 Every fifth woman and every third man aged 50+ will have an osteoporotic fracture.
🔸 Only one-third of patients with vertebral fractures seek medical attention.