| This article provides detailed information on Causes | | | | Estrogen is a hormone that is important in protecting |
| of Osteoporosis. | | | | the skeleton by helping the body\'s bone forming |
| It is a known fact that more bone is laid down more | | | | cells to keep working. So after menopause, this |
| than it is removed in the early life of a person. An | | | | protection can be considered lost as the level of |
| individual\'s peak bone mass is reached at the age of | | | | estrogen decreases. Other causes of osteoporosis |
| thirty, wherein the remodeling process starts, that | | | | are heredity and lifestyle. Whites and Asians, tall and |
| takes away more bone than is replaced. Remodeling | | | | thin women and those with a history of osteoporosis |
| is the process involving the laying down of new bone | | | | are those at the highest risk of getting osteoporosis. |
| and the removing of old bone. So it can be said that | | | | The behavioral causes of increasing the risk of |
| the process of bone loss begins in the early to late | | | | osteoporosis are smoking, alcohol abuse, prolonged |
| thirties. It is from this age to the onset of | | | | inactivity and a diet low in calcium. There are also |
| menopause that women lose a certain amount of | | | | some diseases that are associated with aging that |
| bone every year.The average rate of bone loss in | | | | cause osteoporosis, which include kidney failure, liver |
| men, and in women who have not reached | | | | disease, cancers, Paget\'s disease, endocrine or |
| menopause, is actually quite small. However, after | | | | glandular diseases, gonadal failure and rheumatoid |
| menopause, the bone loss in women accelerates to | | | | arthritis. There are some medications like steroids, |
| an average of one to two percent a year. It is after | | | | seizure drugs, thyroid hormone and blood thinners |
| menopause that the level of the female hormone | | | | that are also found to cause osteoporosis. |
| estrogen in a woman\'s body decreases sharply. | | | | |