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If a 40 something year old male has secondary osteoporosis, and the secondary reason is addressed such as a thyroid? Can they restore their bone health without drugs?
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Recovery from secondary osteoporosis?
- By CurtG
- Posted November 1, 2009 at 3:04 pm · 4 replies
- In Men with osteoporosis or osteopenia
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- By faye55
- Posted November 1, 2009 at 6:51 pm
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on a forum from US they talked about prunes and melatonin both being very good.
- By CurtG
- Posted November 1, 2009 at 7:54 pm
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Thank you,
I will be reading up on nutrition. I was eating a mostly raw fruits and vegetables diet for six months prior to experiencing painful joints.
- By millie123
- Posted November 2, 2009 at 7:16 am
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Curt: I'm not sure, but there is some indication that correcting parathyroid problems leads to increased BMD. Particularly if one addresses diet, exercise, and Vitamin D levels.
- By lilrayosun
- Posted November 2, 2009 at 11:28 am
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Curt, I had extremely painful joints and that was caused by low vitamin D. And I agree with Faye. I've read studies both on parathyroid and thyroid where once the problem was corrected, bone mass was restored.
http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/abs/10.1089/thy.1997.7.547
Here's a quote for you:
"These observations suggest: (1) in premenopausal women, bone loss associated with thyrotoxicosis due to Graves' disease is present but is fully restored when remission is reached after subtotal thyroidectomy; (2) subclinical hypothyroidism after subtotal thyroidectomy may result in higher BMD than that of controls."
Here's a link to a study on the parathyroid/BMD recovery:
http://www.springerlink.com/content/2ttavvuhwq4r5d20/
Granted you're a GUY, and I don't know if you have Graves, but that should offer you some hope. Don't know how rapid a process that is.
Best,
Raye
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