Oko Kufuneka Ukwazi Nge-Osteopenia

I-Osteopenia ichazwa njengento ephantsi yeethambo ezibangelwa ukulahleka kwethambo. I-Osteopenia ivame ukuhamba phambili kwe- osteoporosis , imeko eqhelekileyo yamathambo ahlambulukileyo angakhokelela ekugqibeleni. Amagama amabini ezonyango maxa wambi adidekile kwaye kubalulekile ukwazi ukuhluka kunye nendlela nganye inxulumene ngayo nesifo samathambo.

Umehluko omkhulu phakathi kwe-osteopenia kunye ne-osteoporosis kukuba i-osteopenia ayithathwa njengesifo xa i-osteoporosis.

Endaweni yoko, i-osteopenia ithathwa njengommakishi wengozi yeentambo.

Osteopenia ichazwe

I-Osteopenia ifumaneka xa ukubunjwa kwethambo elitsha kungenzeki kwisantya esinokubangela ukulahlekelwa kwethambo eliqhelekileyo. Ukuxinwa kwe-Bone scans kuye kwenza kube lula ukulinganisa. Ngaphambi kokuvavanywa kwethambo loxinzelelo , ama-radiologists basebenzisa igama elithi osteopenia ukuchaza amathambo abonakala ngathi ayedlulele kunezinto eziqhelekileyo kwi-x-ray, kwaye igama elithi osteoporosis lichaza ukuvela kwe-vertebral break.

I-Bone mineral densitometry, okanye ubukhulu beethambo, iguqule ezo nkcazelo. Ngokwe-World Health Organisation, i-osteoporosis ichazwa njengama-T a--2.5 okanye aphantsi kunye ne-osteopenia ichazwa njengamanqaku angaphezulu kwe--2.5 kodwa ngaphantsi kwe--1.0. Iimpawu ezingaphezulu kwe--1 ziqhelekileyo. Amanqanaba T isifo sakho seethambo xa kuthelekiswa nento eqhelekileyo kulindelekileyo kumntu omdala osempilweni wakho wesini. Ukusebenzisa le khrayitheriya, izigidi ezingama-33.6 zaseMerika zine-osteopenia.

Ukubaluleka kwaloo manani kufana nokuchonga obani abanesifo esiphezulu okanye abo bane-cholesterol emida. Ngamanye amagama, ukuchonga iqela elisengozini yokuphuhlisa isifo.

Ezinye izinto ezibangelwa ingozi yokuphulwa

I-Osteopenia yinto enye yengozi yokuphuka. Ezinye izinto ezinobungozi ziquka:

I-osteoporosis yesibini iyenzeka xa isifo esingaphantsi kwesifo, ukungabikho, okanye iziyobisi kubangela i-osteoporosis. Xa kungaboniswa isizathu sesekondari, imeko iya kubhekiswa njenge-primary osteoporosis.

Ukutshintsha kweendlela zokuphila kunganciphisa ukunyuka kwethambo kunye nokunciphisa umngcipheko weentlobo. Izitshintsho zendlela yokuphila ezinokukunceda ukuthintela iifracture zibandakanya:

Ukuba nokuvavanywa kwamathambo rhoqo kunokuncedisa ukunyuka kwethambo ukulahleka nokunciphisa umngcipheko wezinto eziqhekekileyo ngokujonga ukulingana kwamathambo. I-US Prestation Services Services Force (USPSTF) yabona ubungqina obufanelekileyo bokuthi imilinganiselo yexinzelelo yeethambo ithetha ngokuchanekileyo umngcipheko wezahlulo kwixesha elifutshane kwaye yenzele ezi ngcebiso malunga nokuhlola i-osteoporosis.

Unyango

Amachiza asetyenziselwa ukunyanga i-osteoporosis kodwa oogqirha (i-rheumatologists, i-gynecologists, oogqirha bezilwanyana zangaphakathi, kunye neengcali zonyango) abaphatha izigulana ezibonisa iimpawu zokulahleka kwethambo ekuqaleni azivumelani rhoqo kwikhosi efanelekileyo.

Ngaba izigulane ezine-osteopenia zingaphathwa ngamachiza okuthintela ukuqhubela phambili kwi-osteoporosis?

I-National Osteoporosis Foundation, i-American Association ye-Clinical Endocrinologists, kunye neNorth American Menopause Society incomela ukuba izigulane ezine-osteoporosis okanye i-fracture zimele ziphathwe kodwa akukho ukungahambelani kwinto ekhuthazwayo kubantu abane-osteopenia. Ngaba unyango lwe-osteopenia luyimfuneko okanye lube nexabiso?

Iingcali ezininzi zikholelwa ukuba ukunyanga i-osteopenia ngemishanguzo ayiyi kuba yindleko. Ngeminye yemingcipheko eyongezelelekileyo, njenge-corticosteroid esebenzayo okanye i-rheumatoid arthritis, unyango lwe-osteopenia luba luqwalaselo oluninzi.

Kubalulekile ukukhumbula ukuba izibalo ezizimeleyo azikwazi ukuqikelela ukuba zeziphi izigulane ezine-osteopenia ziza kuphazamiseka kwaye izigulane aziyi kuba. Ukuvavanya zonke iimeko zokubeka ingozi yindlela efanelekileyo yokugqiba ukuba ngaba unyango olwenziwe ngonyango lwe-osteoporosis luboniswa. Izigulane ezineempawu zokulahlekelwa kwethambo lokuqala kufuneka zijolise ekuguqulweni kwendlela yokuphila kwaye zixubushe ngeenzuzo kunye neengozi zonyango lwe- osteoporosis kunye nogqirha wabo.

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