Question

Discuss the relation of osteoporosis and aging.

Answer 1

Osteoporosis is a bone conditions in which the bone loss too much calcium and become weak and brittle as results when a person fall causes serious bone problem

Aging it is a process of getting old with physical, social, psychological changes.

Age is more than accumulation of year , there are many changes occur in the body as the our machinery getting function gets limited when it grows. Every person have a different experience for physical aging process. One of the physiological change is a change in Skeltal system. The bone gets deterioted in composition, structure and function, becomes Risk factors for osteoporosis.

Due the intrinsic and extrinsic factors may increase the bone mass Decrease leads to osteoporosis.

Intrinsic factor are hormonal changes, cellular changes and vascular status

Extrinsic factors nutrition, physical activity, on medication and disease conditions

These 2 factor in ageing may increase the risk for osteoporosis

The body start reabsorpting calcium and phosphate from bone without deposition of new bone cells leads to porous bone and prone to fracture.

thus bone degradation and aging are related to each other

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