After a severe cough, a 30-year-old woman broke three ribs. She used to drink coffee as water every day, and her bone age was equivalent to that of a 60-year-old man. In the past week, two young patients with cough and broken bones were admitted to the Department of Thoracic Surgery of Houhu Hospital, Wuhan Central Hospital.

Han Xiao, a 30-year-old worker in a foreign company, likes coffee very much. The first thing she does when he comes to the office every day is to make a cup of coffee with strong fragrance. In most cases, she drinks 10 cups a day. Recently, Han Xiao has caught a cold. The morning before yesterday, she suddenly lost his breath after a sharp cough, and then she felt severe pain in her chest. Early on the 27th morning, Han Xiao went to the thoracic surgery department of Houhu Hospital, Wuhan Central Hospital. The result of the film surprised the doctor too. All the ribs of the patient were fractured in the 3rd, 4th and 5th ribs. Han Xiao thought it was incredible that he coughed and broke three ribs. When the doctor inquired about her medical history and living habits, he found that Han Xiao had been drinking coffee as water for a long time, which had been with her for more than seven years. The doctor had a number in mind and asked her to take a bone mineral density test. The results confirmed the doctors conjecture that her bone age was equivalent to 60 years old, and early osteoporosis was closely related to her coffee drinking.

Chen Baojun, director of thoracic surgery, said that in recent years, osteoporosis tends to be younger. Irregular life, like to be at home and hate to sport, long-term excessive drinking of coffee, carbonated drinks, alcoholism, smoking and other bad habits will accelerate the aging of bone.
Experts warn that in order to prevent osteoporosis, regular exercise should be carried out properly to increase bone mineral density, while sunning more to promote calcium absorption. In the diet, you can eat foods with high calcium and phosphorus, such as fish, shrimp, shrimp skin, kelp, milk, eggs, beans and so on. Women over 45 years of age are advised to measure bone mineral density every year.