Una mirada a la fisiopatología durante la gestación y la aparición de fracturas de novo en gestantes
Keywords:
Bone density, pregnancy, fracture, osteoporosis, calcium.Abstract
La gestación, implica que la mujer se adapte a cambios fisiológicos y tolere ciertos procesos patológicos para poder concluir la misma de forma satisfactoria y dar vida al nuevo ser.
Durante esta revisión sistémica se pretende analizar aquellos factores principales que interfieren, siendo uno de los más importantes los desarrollados a nivel del sistema endocrino el cual, es quizá el sistema que más se destaca en esta secuencia de sucesos y en donde sus efectos terminan alterando a otros sistemas, como lo es el aparato musculo esquelético, esto se logra a través de factores hormonales como las proteínas relacionadas con la hormona paratiroidea (PTHrP), la cual está involucrada en el metabolismo óseo, favoreciendo una disminución en la densidad mineral ósea y por consiguiente la aparición de fracturas y sus complicaciones asociadas. (1)
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