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The Saudi Osteoporosis Society recently celebrated the International Day of Osteoporosis under the slogan "Health of your backbone", at Prince Salman Social Center in Riyadh, where the activities of the first day for men took place on Monday 10/11/1431 AH with a lecture by Professor Dr. Riyad bin Abbas Suleimani, President of the Association to introduce On osteoporosis and the extent of its spread locally and globally, then a lecture by Dr. / Mohamed Al Shaker, Vice-President of the Association, with a lecture on the symptoms and seriousness of the disease and a lecture by Dr. Yusef Al-Saleh, the Secretary-General of the Association on methods of prevention and treatment, and on Tuesday 11/11/1431 AH was dedicated to women where Dr. / Basma Al-Wahhabi, Consultant Endocrinologist at the Armed Forces Hospital in Riyadh, a lecture entitled “An overview of osteoporosis” Then Dr. Hanan Al-Rayes, a consultant Rheumatologist at the Armed Forces Hospital in Riyadh, gave a lecture titled “Prevention and Treatment”. The National in Jeddah a lecture entitled "Causes and Diagnosis".
All these lectures have stressed the importance of caring for osteoporosis, due to the high incidence of it in the Kingdom, especially the fragility of the bones of the spine, whether for men or women, and the importance of caring for bone health in general and the spine by eating the necessary quantities of daily needs of calcium and vitamin D and caring for activity, movement and exercises Sport and avoid smoking and beware of taking medications that cause osteoporosis, such as cortisone compounds, only as directed by the attending physician and at the lowest possible doses. Dr. Riyad Suleimani notes the need to pay attention to these practical steps since childhood and youth, including exposure to direct sunlight, even for short periods of approximately a quarter of an hour, as exposure of the skin to sunlight leads to the formation of vitamin D under the skin and is one of the most important sources of vitamin « D »For a person, this exposure is available and simple and can be obtained in the home and its privacy.
