What is Osteoporosis?
Osteoporosis is a very serious disease related to bones in which the bones start becoming hollow. In this disease, bone joints of every organ start opening. Due to which the bones become weak from inside and due to this they can suddenly break at any time. These can break even with mild stress. Apart from this, bending or coughing can also give you fractures in this disease. Out of which this problem is seen more in the bones of the hip, wrist or spine. Dr. Ashish Chaudhary, Managing Director, Senior Consultant and Head of Orthopedics and Joint Replacement, Aakash Health Care, tells how to protect yourself from this disease?
What is osteoporosis?
In osteoporosis, bone density starts decreasing due to which the bones start becoming weak from inside. If the problem worsens, they can crack at any time. If it is not treated at the right time, the person may become disabled. If you consume too much alcohol and cigarettes, you can also become a victim of this disease. Also, if you are taking high risk medicines then there is a problem of osteoporosis in this condition.
These serious diseases are becoming the cause of osteoporosis:
The problem of osteoporosis has increased rapidly in the last few years. The deteriorating lifestyle of the people is responsible for this. In fact, if a person has any serious disease like diabetes, cardiac disease, epilepsy, arthritis or gout, then this disease gets triggered very quickly.
How to protect yourself?
To avoid osteoporosis, you will have to improve your diet. First of all, use milk and milk products in your diet twice a day. Vitamin D intake should not be reduced. You can also take it in capsule form. It is also important to get sunlight. If you want to strengthen your bones, then after eating a good diet, add exercise to your lifestyle. Physical activity will strengthen bones.
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