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Such a scenario has led to the creation of novel treatment: a solution that is administered intravenously (infusion), similar to serum, once a year and whose administration is 15 minutes. This is bisphosphonates, it is true, but it has a significant chemical difference: it has two molecules of nitrogen, which makes it much more powerful and capable of rapid bone nest, protecting it from attack by osteoclasts, as is said, destroy the bone.

Dr. Antúnez Flores explains that “when the drug enters the bloodstream, 61% comes to the bones in the next 24 hours, while the remainder is eliminated through the kidneys.”

The specialist explains that this new medicine is available in Mexico since May 2007. The active ingredient is zoledronic acid, an agent that has been subjected to numerous studies for more than three years in a population of 7.736 women. The volunteers were tested in 230 clinical research centers in 27 countries with truly optimal results: Read the rest of this entry »

Dr. Antúnez Flores, a former president and founding member of the Mexican Association of Bone and Mineral Metabolism, explains that “osteoporosis is a silent disease, but” screams “when there is pain in the lower back or high, if that there is a compressed vertebral body or broken, to say nothing of those times when there is hip fracture, then the person will suffer great inconvenience and will just walk right up to the operator and place a prosthesis. ”

Until now, medical science-based treatment using drugs such as raloxifene or bisphosphonates, which prevent bone loss and that once they begin to be administered should be consumed for life. It is also frequent intake of calcium and vitamin D, but it clarifies the interview, “is a supplementary therapy should not be confused with those used to treat or prevent osteoporosis.”

Overall, Flores Antunez said, “we can speak of two groups of drugs: first, the antiresorptive (such as bisphosphonates) that are most required in almost all countries and to prevent the bone be destroyed, and the other the anabolic, promoting new bone formation.” Read the rest of this entry »

All human beings begin to form our bone structure from the uterus, a process that gradually accelerates to 18 years old. Since then, says Dr. Manuel Mirassou, graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico and a founding member of the Mexican Association of Bone and Mineral Metabolism (Distrito Federal) “stops the growth process longitudinal or ‘along’, but this does not mean that we stop making bone. What happens is we begin to strengthen the skeletal system, especially in the innermost part of the bone, so it will grow well ‘in width’ for greater resistance.”

After 30 years, says the doctor, “let’s keep the bone and to seek a balance, we can help make this happen with the exercise and carrying out diet rich in calcium and minerals, not forgetting that both measures also contribute to the regulation of hormone levels. ” Read the rest of this entry »

The loss of calcium and bone mineral is responsible for fractures in elderly people and even his death. A novel therapy offers protection against this growing problem, with the annual application of medication in serum.

Much has been spoken of osteoporosis and the dire consequences that brings people from the elderly, mostly female. Today, medical science has identified that women can fully develop this disease at an early age, especially after menopause (when menstruation stops and reproductive life ends), so that preventive measures should be taken to prevent In the future quality of life of a rollover due to fracture of hip, spine, wrists, arms or legs.

To enter the context must be said that osteoporosis (deterioration of the quality of the bones, making them fragile) is a public health problem that affects approximately 200 million people worldwide. For the year 2050 is expected to be responsible for just over 500 000 fractures, only in Latin America, and it will be because the patients suffer from long ago and unwittingly microscopic ruptures in various skeletal structures. Read the rest of this entry »

Causes

Osteoporosis is the most common type of bone disease.

Researchers estimate that 1 in 5 U.S. women over 50 have osteoporosis. Nearly half of all women over 50 will have a broken hip, wrist or vertebra (bones of the spine).

Osteoporosis occurs when the body is unable to form enough new bone, when too much old bone is reabsorbed by the Read the rest of this entry »

In the prevention of osteoporosis plays a very important educational measures in order to enhance dietary and physical culture to the people. The most important points to note in this culture are the increased intake of calcium, reducing the consumption of toxic and regular moderate exercise.

Food:

-Calcium.
It is primarily found in milk and dairy products.
The recommended daily intake is 1 gram during the growth phase until reaching the peak bone mass. Postmenopausal women should eat 1.5 grams a day. Read the rest of this entry »

Senile Osteoporosis

Senile means that this disease only occurs in the elderly: senile osteoporosis usually occurs in people over age 70 years and twice as many women as men. Women usually have well-senile and postmenopausal osteoporosis.
In senile osteoporosis, long time no noticeable symptoms found, the disease is often not discovered until a fracture (eg hip fracture, wrist fracture, vertebral fracture or wervelinzakking or a pelvic fracture) occurs. Usually, the process of bone resorption with age ever.

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