Plan de cuidados en una paciente con osteoporosis.
- Josué Martín Fuertes 1
- María Hernández Requejo 2
- Ancuta María Constantin 2
- Carlos Fernández Lozano 1
- Cristina Calzado Sanz 2
- Paula Cristina García Buen 2
- 1 Enfermero en el Hospital General de la Defensa de Zaragoza.
- 2 Enfermera en el Hospital General de la Defensa de Zaragoza.
ISSN: 2660-7085
Year of publication: 2022
Volume: 3
Issue: 1
Type: Article
More publications in: Revista Sanitaria de Investigación
Abstract
Osteoporosis is a metabolic bone disorder. It is a complex disease whose etiopathogenic mechanisms lead to a structural alteration or a loss of bone mass caused by changes in bone remodeling, which increases the fragility of the bone, and with it, an increased risk of fractures. Osteoporosis can appear at any age, although it can behave silently and later manifest itself in a repetitive fall or falls that lead to a bone fracture; For this reason, it is very typical that it manifests itself in many cases in somewhat advanced ages (70 years and older) or middle age (50-60 years). The management of osteoporosis includes non-pharmacological and pharmacological measures. Some of the non-pharmacological ones are the ingestion of calcium in the diet; and the pharmacological ones can be oral calcium and vitamin D supplementation, and analgesia for bone and joint pain generated by the disease.