Osteoporosis Disease

Have you seen the old lady hunchback? The old woman must have suffered from the disease osteoporosis which causes bones to his back arched. Osteoporosis does not show physical signs to place porous concrete or cracks in old age.
Osteoporosis is a progressive decrease in bone density, so the bones become fragile and easily broken. Bone consists of minerals like calcium and phosphate, so that the bone becomes hard and dense. If the body is not able to regulate the mineral content in bones, the bones become less dense and more fragile, so there was osteoporosis.

Approximately 80% percent of osteoporosis sufferers are women, including young women who experience cessation of the menstrual cycle (amenorrhea). The loss of estrogen after menopause increases the risk of osteoporosis.
The disease is often called the disease of osteoporosis bone loss was apparently attacked the woman early in life. It is inevitable osteoporosis in women is influenced by the hormone estrogen. However, because of new symptoms appear after 50 years of age, osteoporosis is not easy to detect diseases early.

Although the disease osteoporosis more attacking women, men still have the risk of osteoporosis. Just as in women, osteoporosis in men is also affected estrogen. The difference is, men do not experience menopause, so osteoporosis is coming more slowly.
Number of elderly in Indonesia is expected to rise 414 percent in the period 1990-2025, whereas menopausal women who in 2000 accounted for 15.5 million will increase to 24 million in 2015. Imagine how large the population that can be threatened by the disease osteoporosis.
Here are facts about osteoporosis that can open your eyes and raise awareness of the threat of osteoporosis.

Studies in the world:

    * One of three women over the age of 50 years and one in five men over 50 years suffer from osteoporosis.
    * Patients with osteoporosis in Europe, Japan, the United States as many as 75 million people, while China's 84 million population.
    * There are 200 million people with osteoporosis worldwide.
      Risk of death from hip fracture with breast cancer. (Studies Cummings et al, 1989)

   Studies in Indonesia:

    * The prevalence of osteoporosis for age less than 70 years for women as much as 18-36%, while men 20-27%, for ages above 70 years for females 53.6%, men 38%.
    * More than 50% of osteoporosis hip fractures worldwide could now be happening in Asia in 2050. (International Osteoporosis Foundation)
    * Those who are stricken with a median age above 50 years. (International Osteoporosis Foundation)
    * One in three women and one in five men in Indonesia attacked by osteoporosis or bone fractures. (International Osteoporosis Foundation)
    * Two out of five Indonesian people have a risk of osteoporosis. (Department of Health, 2006)
    * The number of osteoporosis sufferers in Indonesia is far greater than the last data MOH, which peg the rate of 19.7% of the total population by reason of smokers in this country-second sequence to the world after China.

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