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It weakens bones and fractures them

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This is because when you have low calcium levels in your blood (homeostatic imbalance) your body reacts to restore that balance and this is by ionizing calcium from bones (removing calcium from your bones back to your blood).

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because it causes bones to thin and therefore it drains calcium from other places in the body that need it.

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what is the normal homeostasis of Atherosclerosis

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It weakens bones and fractures them

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It is when your bones start dissolving.

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