Understanding alcoholic osteoporosis
Alcoholic osteoporosis refers to a systemic bone metabolism disorder caused by long-term and large amount of alcohol intake that reduces bone mass, destroys bone microstructure, increases bone fragility, and increases fracture risk. Osteoporosis is one of the common clinical alcoholic bone diseases.
We have a tradition in China, each Until New Year''s Day and Spring Festival, many families will have fine wine on the table. In fact, from the perspective of an orthopedist, the best choice for drinking is red wine, and white wine often causes a lot of trouble for drinkers.
Liquor, because it contains a lot of alcohol, has the characteristics of erosion and attack on various organs of the human body. Not to mention, it is also bad for bones alone. If you search for "alcohol induced osteoporosis”——alcoholic osteoporosis, you may get more than 600,000 results. It seems that foreigners study more deeply, which may be an important reason why Europeans and Americans love red wine.
Alcoholic The main pathological changes of osteoporosis are the reduction of bone mass, including the reduction of bone matrix, bone minerals, normal cellular tissue components, etc., the thinning of the cortical bone, sparse trabecular bone, the relative fat component in the intramedullary and bone tissue Increased, increased bone brittleness, decreased biomechanical properties, etc. The chemical composition of alcohol is ethanol. After ethanol enters the human body, it can chemically react with other inorganic substances or certain organic substances. The substances produced can affect calcium intake and increase bone calcium. Loss, so long-term excessive drinking is not only a cause of osteoporosis, but also an aggravating factor for osteoporosis patients, so excessive drinking of white wine is not advocated.
Some people may think that drinking After drinking liquor, the body will get warm. Is it effective for some bone diseases? In fact, the author has also contacted such patients-suffering from lumbar disc herniation, instead of going to the doctor for treatment, but indulging in prescription medicinal liquor, the result is to drink all day I was so dizzy that I ended up drinking the femoral head necrosis...
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