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OSTEOPOROSIS – HORMONES

With the onset of the menopause, there is a reduction in the amount of circulating oestrogen, the main female hormone. It is this lack of oestrogen which is responsible for the symptoms associated with the menopause, such as hot flushes and drying up of the normal vaginal secretions.

Giving oestrogen supplements to women at the menopause may reduce these symptoms and may prevent the development of osteoporosis.

Osteoporosis may occur as a secondary problem due to some other disorder. There are four parathyroid glands and they lie half-buried in and behind the thyroid gland in the neck. They are concerned with the calcium metabolism of the body.

Over-activity of these glands, particularly due to the development of a tumor in them, can lead to an excess loss of calcium from the body through the kidneys.

This can result in the development of kidney stones and to osteoporosis. Other endocrine gland disturbances involving the thyroid or the adrenal glands may also lead to osteoporosis.

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