Why does osteoporosis occur? What are the causes?

Osteoporosis is indeed a common problem among people. Many people have not found a suitable solution. Generally, when encountering the problem of osteoporosis, the main factors include increasing age. In addition, osteoporosis is prone to occur after the average age of 40. In addition, in terms of gender, women are about twice as likely to suffer from osteoporosis as men. Because of genetic factors including occupational relationships, they may cause repeated aggravation of osteoporosis.

1. Aging

Increasing age is the strongest risk factor for the disease. According to autopsy data, about 5% of people have degenerative changes in their joints starting at the age of 20. At the age of 40, almost 90% of weight-bearing joints have more or less bone hyperplasia changes.

2. Gender

Data analysis shows that the incidence rate in women is twice as high as that in men before the age of 50, but after the age of 50, the incidence rate between the two sexes is basically equal.

3. Occupation

Bone hyperplasia is related to occupation. Long-term and repeated use of certain joints can cause an increased incidence of disease in these joints.

4. Racial genetic factors

The incidence rate is highest in the British and lowest in West Africans. The incidence rate is higher in whites than in blacks. Women with osteoarthritis with Heber Den nodules, their mothers and sisters, are 2 to 3 times more likely to suffer from the disease than the general population. And the detection rate of hla-a1 and hla-b8 in patients with osteoarthritis is increased.

5. Physical factors

Weight gain adds heavy load to already worn and degenerate joints, making them more easily damaged. Therefore, bone hyperplasia often occurs in areas with heavier loads such as the hip, knee, calcaneus, and lumbar vertebrae. In addition, due to joint pain, patients unconsciously limit their activities and gain weight, and the mutual influence aggravates joint disease. A research report published in the American magazine "Arthritis Today" pointed out that by tracking and observing 1,178 men aged 30 to 46, it was found that those who were 20 pounds above the standard weight were 3.5 times more likely to develop osteoarthritis than those with normal weight. The most common sites of occurrence are the hip and knee joints.

Osteophyte belongs to the category of "Bi syndrome" in traditional Chinese medicine, also known as "bone Bi". Traditional Chinese medicine believes that this disease is related to trauma, strain, blood stasis blocking the collaterals, exposure to wind, cold and dampness, internal obstruction of phlegm and dampness, and liver and kidney deficiency.