Medical Author: Ruchi Mathur, MD Medical Editor: William C. Shiel, Jr., MD, FACP, FACR · A very interesting patient came into my office last month. She was a fair, slender woman of Northern European background. In her mid 40's, she had already broken several bones (two of her wrist and one of her leg). Her primary doctor was appropriately concerned and had her evaluated with a bone density scan, which showed significant osteoporosis. Although she was slight and Caucasian (both risk factors for...
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Thyroid hormones are essential for normal skeletal development and normal bone metabolism in adults but can have detrimental effects on bone structures in states of thyroid dysfunction. Untreated s...
Learn about osteoporosis and possible links with certain thyroid disorders
Overview ; Back pain, caused by a broken or collapsed bone in the spine. Body frame size. Men and women who have small body frames tend to have a higher risk because they might have less bone mass to draw from as they age. Sex hormones. Lowered sex hormone levels tend to weaken bone. The fall in estrogen levels in women at menopause is one of the strongest risk factors for developing osteoporosis. Treatments for prostate cancer that reduce testosterone levels in men and treatments for breast can...
It’s a part of your endocrine system and controls many of your body’s important functions by producing and releasing thyroid hormones, like thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3). Your thyroid’s main job is to control the speed of your metabolism (metabolic rate). This is t ...
(1) Background: The purpose of this study was to determine the association among thyroid cancer, osteoporosis and fracture history. (2) Methods: The data collected from 2004 through 2016 for the Ko...
Effects of thyroid disease overlap with or worsen some physical changes of menopause. Thyroid hormones and estrogen have an influence on each other.
Osteoporosis - an easy to understand guide covering causes, diagnosis, symptoms, treatment and prevention plus additional in depth medical information.
Low bone mass can occur in children and adolescents with numerous chronic conditions; however, the influence of abnormal thyroid hormone and thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels on low bone min...