We can also experience physical changes such as dizziness, heart palpitations, fatigue, weight gain, and sexual dysfunction. These changes can coincide with other stresses in life, such as aging parents, divorce or widowhood, troubles with adolescent children, empty nest syndrome, and changes in our physical appearance. Osteoporosis is due to gradual loss of bone mass. It leaves our bones porous and fragile and subject to increased risk of fractures. A major cause of osteoporosis is reduced levels of estrogen.
Osteoporosis is easier to prevent than treat.
Weight bearing exercise and getting enough calcium and Vitamin D can help reduce the risk. Hormone replacement therapy, when begun as soon after menopause as possible, can also help prevent bone loss and maintain bone health. Other drugs are available to help reverse bone loss. Heart Disease . Heart attacks don't just happen to men.