Can calcium supplementation treat osteoporosis?

Calcium supplementation alone cannot treat osteoporosis. Everyone thinks that osteoporosis is caused by too much calcium loss, and calcium supplementation can treat osteoporosis. This is an obvious misunderstanding.

First of all, osteoporosis cannot be generalized, because the pathogenesis of osteoporosis is abnormal metabolism of the whole bone, and the coupling disorder of osteoblasts and osteoclasts leads to bone loss.

Secondly, the amount of calcium supplement is very important, and vitamin D3 must be supplemented at the same time, because vitamin D3 can promote the body's absorption of calcium. Vitamin D3 can not only promote the absorption of calcium ions in intestine, but also increase the reabsorption of urinary calcium by distal renal tubules, and activate osteoclasts to promote bone absorption and osteoblasts to promote bone formation. However, vitamin D3 supplementation is only the basic treatment for osteoporosis. In addition to calcium supplementation, patients with severe osteoporosis need to choose calcitonin and other drugs under the guidance of doctors in order to quickly relieve pain and relieve their condition.