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OSTEOPOROSIS Osteoporosis affects more than 2 million women in Spain and about 700,000 men
JANO.es · March 24, 2011 9:37

. Experts agree on the need to care for bone and meet daily treatment given that half of the cases treatment compliance is not adequate.



Today March 24 will take place in the XI European Congress on Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis (ECCE), which takes place in Valencia, the conference "Osteoporosis: the importance of protecting your bones every day", which aims to inform patients about what are the risk factors for this disease, how deals with diagnosis and prevention guidelines for living healthy bone. In addition, state the steps being taken by the Administration of the Generalitat Valenciana for the prevention and management of osteoporosis.

This initiative is organized by the Hispanic Foundation for Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Diseases (FHOEMO), with the collaboration of the English Association Against Osteoporosis (AECOS), the European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis (ESCE) and the Ministry of Health of Valencia, and sponsored by Servier.

specialists point out that osteoporosis is a very common disease that occurs when bone density decreases and bones become more fragile. Women are most affected by this disease, but can appear earlier, as they approach menopause increases the likelihood that a woman is diagnosed with this disease. From age 45, women lose 2% of bone each year, making them more prone to fractures, the most important consequence of osteoporosis. As

says Dr. Manuel Diaz Curiel, chairman of the FHOEMO, osteoporosis affects more than 2 million women in Spain and some 700,000 men, and will increase in coming years by the aging of the population. "Through this conference, we want to give the public the importance of caring for bones every day, through a healthy lifestyle, of measures to correct risk factors, such as being overweight or thin, sedentary The snuff or previous fractures, and the administration of drugs to Slowing the loss of bone mass, and even increase and improve the quality of the bone, "he says.

"This will get prevent the occurrence of fractures, which is essential for good compliance, and that approximately 50% of the treatments does not follow properly. Patients with osteoporosis, if left untreated, will increase the number of fractures and will impair their quality of life, "says Dr. Diaz Curiel.

Falls in elderly are a major factor for a fracture. "It has been estimated that approximately one in 100 falls in older people produce a major split, as the femur. All factors that tend to fall, visual disturbances, balance deficits, sedatives, antihypertensives energetic or natural obstacles, increase the risk of fracture, "says Dr. Adolfo Díez Pérez, president of the English Society Osteoporotic Fracture (Sefraos). Furthermore, it should be noted that fractures cause hospitalization, missed work, home care and medication, which induces high costs, in addition to carry a high morbidity and significant mortality.

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