Symptoms of osteoporosis
Medical images contribute to the diagnosis of diseases and we, in the health field, try to satisfy the doubts and curiosity of our audience. This time, Paula writes to us from Orduña and asks us a question as strange as it is interesting. Why do we shrink as we
age?From the age of 40-50, people's height is reduced to about one centimeter per decade. This condition results from a reduction in the height of the vertebral bodies. The trunk thickens, while the limbs are thinned and the spine is twisted. That’s why the image of old age is often that of the twisted person.
In the case of women, postmenopausal osteoporosis has a significant effect. In fact, this condition causes a small deformity in the spine, scoliosis. If no treatment is done, the condition progresses and can have serious consequences, including a sharp worsening of the spine and a consequent reduction in height.
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