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What is an illness due to lack of calcium in an older adult woman?
Osteoporosis
What can cause osteoporosis?
Lack of calcium and exercise
How does a lack of calcium affect a sports person?
Lack of calcium can lead to bone deficiencies. Lack of calcium can also cause bones to be brittle. If one plays sports and has a lack of calcium, and ends up falling hard or getting a hard hit, broken bones can easily occur.
How is osteoporosis a health threat?
It is a illness of the bones getting week, may be due to lack of calcium in the body, over the years.
Can lack of calcium cause osteoarthritis?
Osteoarthritis is not caused by a lack of calcium. Osteoarthritis is the result of the wearing down of cartilage in the joints of the body and is most prevalent in the big weight bearing joints.
Can a lack of calcium cause shortness?
Lack of calcium causes weak bone structure (Rickets in children or Oesteoporosis in adults). One of the symptoms is a humped back it doesn't reduce you height much.
What will lack of Minerals do to you?
Lack of vital minerals can cause some nasty health problems, like brittle bones from lack of calcium to anemia from lack of copper, to name just a couple.
Does a lack of vitamin C cause night blindness?
No, a lack of vitamin C does not cause night blindness, but it can cause scurvy. A lack of vitamin A causes night blindness.
Illnesses that can be caused by not eating enough iron vitamin c or calcium?
Scurvy is cause by a vitmamin C defincency, it will cause your immune system to not work properly leaving you prone to illness. And it will also cause your gums to rot and you teeth to fall out. Pirate would get it because they couldn't keep fruits on there ship for very long before they rotted.
How can diet affect human growth and development?
depending on what you eat if you have a lack of a vitamin or something vital to the body then your growth will be affected by the lack of the vital item the your body needs to grow
What health condition is related to lack of calcium?
Osteoporosis According to wikipedia, Hypocalcaemia and , is what is caused by lack of calcium. hypercalcaemia is caused by too much calcium.
What causes delay in period?
Many things can cause a delay in a woman's period. Stress, poor diet, and a lack of sleep can cause a delay. A serious illness can also cause a delay.
