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Prolia treatment for osteoporosis: What is your experience?
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Mar 29 11:52am | Replies (1218)Comment receiving replies
A good thing to remember is that we rebuild our bones every 10 years (I've even read on some ortho sites that its every 7 years). And we continue to do that until we die....So....we just need to be conscious of what we're putting in our mouth that helps bone growth, what hinders it, be sure to stay hydrated, and exercise. As a bone doctor told me a few years ago when I was sent to him for a -3.4 score, it depends on heredity, diet, bone architecture, bone strength, etc not just on a DEXA score which actually doesn't measure TRUE density (mass per unit of volume), but measures AREA density (mass per unit of area). Plus, he told me that my bone loss was most likely due to all the prednisone I had been on for many years....which, if I got off of I could probably speed up bone growth fairly quickly.
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Some good points made to know and to remember....thank you.
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Bone remodeling goes on throughout our life. However by the age of 30, and its younger for women we have achieved our peak bone density. After that the breaking done of bone when we are older occurs at a faster rate than the building up or filling in of the new bone. Consider yourself lucky if you are big-boned to start with because we all lose some bone as we age. If you have children or grandchildren encourage them to eat a calcium rich and protein rich diet and to exercise so that they can start out with the strongest skeleton possible. It's like putting money away for a rainy day.