Introduction
One of the major causes of osteoporosis (bone fracture and crushing) is menopause.
Types of osteoporosis
There are two types of osteoporosis pathogenesis (mechanisms of production) different.
Type I associated with estrogen deficiency. Occurs between 50 and 70 years of age and can lead to fractures and crushing of the column.
Type II occurs from 70 years of age and is associated with hip and spine fractures.Normal Column Osteoporosis
In type II blood is low in vitamin D and calcium reduces the absorption by the bones and this factor more important than the type I (estrogen deficiency). It also shows a slight decrease of parathyroid hormone.
In the young bone formation is greater than the destruction and mineral content increases. In adults, both processes are balanced, and after 50 years resorption is greater than the formation so that bone density decreases.
In women, estrogen loss, menopause, is followed by 10 years of accelerated bone destruction and bone density. Although increased fractures do not always correlate with the decrease of bone density. The connection of these facts is difficult. Several factors influence the osteoporosis at this age, in addition to estrogen deficiency: smoking, thinness, sedentary lifestyle, low calcium intake and other genetic and constitutional factors (osteoporosis is lower in black).
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