Try: The specific causes of osteoporosis are often unknown in many care recipients cr osteoporosis will develop over the cr’s life bones are complex living tissue the body constantly breaks down old bone and rebuilds new bone during childhood bones become larger and stronger peak bone mass occurs when a person has the maximum amount of bone mass they will ever have for most people this usually happens during the third decade of life at a certain age the bone building process changes new bone gets laid down at a slower rate this slowdown results in a decrease in the total amount of bone a cr has if this loss of bone reaches a certain point the person has osteopenia when bone loss becomes more severe the condition is osteoporosis both men and women with osteopenia or osteoporosis are at a higher risk of fractures in the early stages of osteoporosis there may be no signs or symptoms as the breakdown and removal of bone continues at a faster pace than bone building the degree of bone loss may be detectable on a bone density scan information references webmd com

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