Using corticosteroids for a long period of time to treat asthma is known to increase the risk of osteoporosis, but [s]The Huffington Post[/s] reports, a new study suggests asthma could itself raise the risk of bone loss. Researchers looked at data from 7,034 people in South Korea, 433 of whom had either airway hyper responsiveness (AHR) or asthma; researchers purposely excluded patients who had a history of systemic corticosteroid use. The risk of low bone mineral density was lower among those with airway hyper responsiveness, compared with people without the condition, researchers found. While the study only shows an association, researchers speculated that people with asthma may face a higher osteoporosis risk because of [b]vitamin D deficiency[/b].
[link url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/09/asthma-bone-loss-mineral-density-osteoporosis_n_5248636.html?utm_hp_ref=healthy-living]Full report in The Huffington Post[/link]
[link url=http://www.annallergy.org/article/S1081-1206(14)00128-8/abstract]Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology abstract[/link]