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It is extremely important to acquire healthy habits to protect against osteoporosis, since the disorder weakens our bones quietly, with no signs and sometimes do not realize it until a fracture occurs. The main diagnostic test to detect bone densitometry is performed to be detected menopause.

Recent studies open the doors for better understanding and preventive of this disease. For example that osteoporosis is associated with poor circulation and that the presence of vascular calcification may be the first symptom of osteoporosis and that both disorders are caused by the same genetic alteration.

It has also been able to find a protein that promotes bone growth, and this finding is facilitating the development of new drugs.

For effective prevention is recommended to analyze certain risk factors that may indicate how likely is a patient to suffer, with a high knowledge of certain information, you can begin to slow the weakening of the bones.

If the patient has been removed from the rule before age 45 in the body decreases estrogen levels and the absence of estrogen accelerates bone loss. It is important to keep appointments with the gynecologist because if menopause occurs before 45 years of age the risk of osteoporosis increases dramatically.

If you are over 40 years, the body begins to lose bone mass by 0.5% per year. The lifestyle is crucial in this age, considering that a sedentary lifestyle becomes more fragile bone demineralization because it.

The genetic factor increases up to 20% risk of osteoporosis, if there is a history in our family is important to inform the doctor to initiate a monitoring plan in advance.

When a low body mass index can lead to osteoporosis, and that body fat increases estrogen production and the weight helps strengthen bones.

Physical activity performed during the first 30 years of life makes it easier for old age may have greater bone density. People who do not get enough calcium suffer more bone fractures.

Other risk factors that deserve to be observed include smoking, alcohol use, hyperthyroidism, and if kept corticosteroid therapy for more than three consecutive months.