Due to the different body structure of men and women, the physical quality is also different, resulting in some diseases are more likely to occur in men, and some diseases are more likely to occur in women, and orthopedic diseases are preferred to women.
Relatively speaking, women are more likely to have osteoporosis than men, so why are women prone to osteoporosis? What other orthopedic diseases favor women?
Osteoporosis is a very common orthopedic disease in life, which tends to occur in women, which is related to many factors. First of all, there are some women in life in order to lose weight will be excessively controlled diet, it is easy to cause malnutrition, when the lack of calcium in the body, it is easy to suffer from osteoporosis.
In addition, women will pay more attention to appearance than men, many women are afraid of tanning and rarely basking in the sun, which will lead to a decrease in the content of vitamin D in the body, the body's ability to absorb calcium will be reduced, and it will also cause osteoporosis.
There is also a point related to the physiological structure of women themselves, after women enter menopause, the estrogen in the body will be reduced, it is easy to cause endocrine disorders, which will indirectly affect the body's absorption of calcium, and will also hinder the utilization of calcium, so it is easy to suffer from osteoporosis for a long time.
The following orthopedic diseases are also more favored in women
1. Frozen shoulder
Frozen shoulder is also a very common orthopedic disease, the prevalence of women will be higher than men, and about 70% of patients with frozen shoulder are women.
Most women suffer from frozen shoulder at the age of 49 or so, because women at this age will enter menopause, and the endocrine system in the body will be disturbed, resulting in a decrease in estrogen in the body, a large amount of calcium loss in the bones, accelerating the rate of bone degeneration, and then increasing the chance of frozen shoulder.
There are also some women who wear very little even in cold weather for beauty, which will lead to muscle spasms and slowing down blood flow in the shoulders due to cold stimulation, which will also induce frozen shoulder for a long time.
2, Tenosynovitis
Tenosynovitis is also an orthopedic disease that women are prone to, and the occurrence of this disease has a certain relationship with women's long-term physical labor and housework;
In addition, most women of the right age will choose the way of breastfeeding after childbirth, and the same posture needs to be maintained during feeding, which can easily induce tenosynovitis for a long time.
This orthopedic disease is a sterile inflammation, mostly due to excessive muscle fatigue, sometimes when pressed will produce obvious pain, after activity symptoms can be alleviated.
3, Low back pain
Low back pain is also a more likely orthopedic problem for women, some women are due to waist pain caused by cold waist, some women are due to various gynecological inflammation caused by low back pain, some women are due to long-term maintenance of a position after childbirth to feed the baby caused by low back pain.
Either way, it will cause a lot of pressure on the muscles in the lower back and the lumbar discs, which will cause low back pain due to muscle or lumbar disc damage in the long run.
It can be seen that these orthopedic diseases mentioned above will be more likely to occur in women, of course, this does not mean that every woman will have this disease.
However, women, especially women who enter menopause, must prevent these diseases early, usually pay attention to rest, avoid fatigue, and pay attention to calcium supplementation, which is very helpful for the prevention of orthopedic diseases.