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Alcoholism and Osteoporosis

Posted by riocaesar | Posted in Health and Medical | Posted on 16-10-2010

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Most people do consume alcohol. The number of alcohol abuse in America reaches 14 million, and about 1 fromĀ  13 men are alcoholism, this number taken from National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Alcohol almost affects all organs in human body, the chronic use of alcohol includes: pancreatitis, coronary heart disease, and liver disease.

Alcoholism can cause serious diseases to human body

Osteoporosis is the condition of low bone density because of multiple factors. One of the most serious cause is alcoholism. As we know we need abundant calcium for our body metabolism. If the the calcium decreases, our body may dig the source of calcium from the bone. Alcoholism can cause the decreasing of calcium in our body, so it tries to balance the level of calcium through the work of hormone by digging some from the bone.

Sudden broken bone in osteoporosis patient

Osteoporosis mostly found in elder people, but because of alcoholism or alcohol abuse, the process of osteoporosis can be faster more than you can imagine. Osteoporosis can also cause the sudden break down of the bone. If you are an alcoholism you should check your bone density to suspect any osteoporosis process in your bone.

Bone density check up

Love your body and stop the alcoholism from now on. You can always start to stop by contacting any drug rehabilitation in your place.


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