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Maybe this is well known but I hadn't heard it before.
Looks like we are at increased risk for osteoporosis, both men and women.
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It is an increased risk which is why a bone density study is sometimes recommended for MS patients. My neuro has me take one annually. Fortunately, milk (with C & D) has always been my passion. I have it with everything from cereal to pizza to chilli!
As far as I know, the increased risk is due to the steroids many of us take.
I could be wrong though...it's been known to happen.
That is a contributor for sure but I think it is also about weight bearing activity.
He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion.
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That is a contributor for sure but I think it is also about weight bearing activity.
Oh sure...that would make sense!
As our MS progresses, we become less and less able to perform weight bearing activities. In my case, once upon a time I walked 8 miles a day at a brisk pace...now I can barely make it around my (small) house with the assistance of a rolling walker.
It gets better all the time! More likely to fall over, more likely to get osteoporosis, so more likely to break a bone.
When I'm on 'roids, I just crave dairy food.
It gets better all the time! More likely to fall over, more likely to get osteoporosis, so more likely to break a bone.
When I'm on 'roids, I just crave dairy food.
Makes me gladder than ever that I've never done, and will never do, 'roids. As a vegan, craving dairy foods would be baaad news!
I have SEVERE osteoporosis as a direct result of my many, many years of IV steroid use. I'm 54 years old and was a dancer in my past life. It's just one more thing....
“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.” Ernest Hemingway Diagnosed 1979
limited weight bearing activity is definately a big factor, i have always had goof calcium and vit D intake and only needed IV steroids in the past 3 yrs but 2 yrs ago i feel when transferring from my wheelchair and sustained 3 crushed vertabrae- they then tested me and confirmed that i had osteoporosis!
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