This study Suspect Asthma Can Make Brittle bones

Seoul , Overview respiratory problems had nothing to do with bone health . But apparently a new study finds people who have respiratory problems such as asthma at high risk for bone loss .

This conclusion is obtained research team from Seoul National University Medical Research Center after analyzing the medical records of 7,034 patients . It was found that participants who were diagnosed with asthma have lower bone density than those who do not have asthma , especially in the lower part of the spine ( lumbar spine ) .

Which is a special characteristic of the participants were diagnosed with asthma as well as having low bone density is a phenomenon called ' airway hyperresponsiveness ' . This means that the respiratory tract in the lungs of the patient is very sensitive and can easily happen asthma attacks though the trigger is not so great .The number of patients who have both reached 216 people . 45 percent of them reported having osteopenia or bone density is below normal and 6 percent suffer from osteoporosis (brittle bones ) .Though the group of participants who did not experience ' airway hyperresponsiveness ' , only 30 percent of people who otherwise suffer from osteopenia and osteoporosis four percent .

However, as quoted by Reuters on Tuesday ( 04/15/2014 ) , researchers claimed to not know what the exact reason why this condition could occur . It's just that they suspect steroid use as an asthma medication side effects such as bone loss , including bone fractures .

National Institutes of Health describes steroids can decrease bone formation by preventing the absorption of calcium into the body . Not only that , these kind of drugs also interfere with the production of sex hormones , which in turn causes the muscles to weaken and increase the risk of falls or fractures .

" Suffering with asthma may be at risk of bone loss . Yet the extent to which the risk is still to be studied more in depth , " said Dr. Sonal Singh of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine , Baltimore , Maryland , responded to this study .