2023-10-19 23:05:59
Osteoporosis is a silent chronic disease, so it is very difficult to detect in time. In Mexico, it is increasingly common and mainly affects people over 50 years of age and, above all, women in the postmenopausal stage or with a marked genetic-hereditary history.
Specifically, this condition affects 10 million Mexicans. As explained by Ileana Patricia Canto Cetina, an academic in the Division of Graduate Studies of the Faculty of Medicine, “this condition can be defined as a reduction in bone mass, which makes them more porous and modifies their architecture. “normal, generating loss of strength and resistance and a significant increase in the risk of fractures.”
Postmenopause is the main risk factor for osteoporosis
The postmenopause It is the main risk factor for women to suffer from this disease, since menstruation is indicative that they continue to reproduce estrogen.
Another risk factor is when there is a strong genetic influence in which if close family members on the front line (such as the mother, aunt or sister) have suffered from osteoporosis, people have a high predisposition to suffer from the disease in proportions that can range from 50 to 85 percent.
There are also modifiable risk factors
Likewise, it can be noted that other risk factors are breastfeeding, pregnancy and advanced age. There are also some modifiable risks, such as excessive drinking, smoking, obesitylow consumption of vitamin D and calcium and leading a sedentary life with little physical activity.
For someone diagnosed with osteoporosis, the emotional and economic repercussions For the family they have a great impact, since they have to significantly modify their daily activities, in order to reduce the risks of possible bills to the maximum. In addition, treatments are usually relatively expensive and, in many cases, it is necessary to hire trained caregivers.
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