You are in Women, Men, Aging . It causes a reduction in bone density that allows the bone to fracture under minimal stress. My mother has osteoporosis.
Osteoporosis is a very common bone disease that affects older women and men.
It causes a reduction in bone density that allows the bone to fracture under minimal stress. I osteoporosis primarily affects women between the ages of 55 and 75. With this type, fractures of the vertebrae and wrists are the most common. Unfortunately, in many ways osteoporosis is a silent disease and usually shows no symptoms until a complication develops, such as a fractured bone or collapsed vertebrae. Back pain may become severe as nerve roots are compressed.