A few days ago, an elderly woman was admitted to the ward. The patient had a hip fracture because of a fracture. Not long ago, he had surgery to fix the internal fixation screw. This time he broke the other hip fracture. . "At the age of age, why are the bones so loose?"-This is already the question I have faced thousands of patients.

　　In orthopedics clinic, many elderly women All suffer from osteoporosis of different degrees, and patients are asking: "How did I get this disease?" Some less professional answers always say: "You are old, and aging leads to osteoporosis. …"In fact, this answer is not accurate, because the formation of osteoporosis in different patients involves treatment options, so today I will specifically talk about post-menopausal osteoporosis.

　　Osteoporosis is a systemic bone disease characterized by reduced bone mass and destruction of bone microstructure, which leads to increased bone fragility and increased fracture risk. Osteoporosis is mainly divided into primary osteoporosis and secondary osteoporosis clinically. Among them, primary osteoporosis is further divided into postmenopausal osteoporosis and senile osteoporosis.

　　Classification of osteoporosis

　　1, primary osteoporosis:

　　Type I (post-menopausal) bone Osteoporosis: In women 10 to 20 years after menopause, lack of estrogen is the main cause.

　　Type II (senile) osteoporosis: men and women over 70 years old, with age increasing as the main cause.

　　2. Secondary osteoporosis: Caused by various diseases, drugs or other factors.

　　It is worth noting that the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis is not just as simple as the supplementation of estrogen. It is only possible for specialists to adopt personalized treatment according to each patient’s own characteristics. Effective treatment and prevention of fractures.