What is one factor that causes osteoporosis?

Answer 1

There are four major risk factors (and personally, I have ALL FOUR of them!): 1) family history of the disease, 2) cigarette smoking, 3) petite/small frame, and 4) Asian or Caucasian race.

There is potentially also a 5th risk factor (which I ALSO have!): history of eating disorders. Malnutrition leads to weaker bones.

If you have any of these risk factors, then you should be exercising regularly, eating properly, and, above all, you should be taking calcium supplements (preferably ones which have Vitamin D added to them, as calcium has a hard time being absorbed without Vitamin D).

Additional risk factors include post-menopausal status, inadequate exposure to sunlight, and chronic corticosteroid use.

Answer 2

Several things. Osteoporosis mostly occurs in women with low Vitamin D level as they get older as well as genetics, and it can also be caused by osteoarthitis which mean inflammation of the joints and the bones. Hope this helped!

Answer 3

Scientists don't yet know exactly why osteoporosis occurs, but they do know that the normal bone remodeling process is disrupted. The strength of your bones depends on their size and density; bone density depends in part on the amount of calcium, phosphorus and other minerals bones contain. When your bones contain fewer minerals than normal, they're less strong and eventually lose their internal supporting structure. Other factors, such as hormone levels, also affect bone density. In women, when estrogen levels drop at menopause, bone loss increases dramatically. In men, low estrogen and testosterone levels can cause a loss of bone mass.

Answer 4

The factor is if you don't get enough calcium in your bones your bones will ossify and they will get weaker overtime.

Answer 5

Osteoporosis may cause the bones to be brittle and weak

Answer 6

Prolonged immobility, old age, malnutrition, early menopause can all lead to osteoporosis