Patient's question:
What are the complications caused by menopause?Doctor's answer:
Menopause can lead to postmenopausal osteoporosis. Estrogen has an inhibitory effect on bone metabolism. After menopause, women's bone metabolism accelerates, primarily characterized by bone resorption, leading to bone loss and gradually developing osteoporosis. Postmenopausal osteoporosis is a very common elderly disease, second only to cardiovascular diseases and lipid changes. Coronary heart disease is more common in men over 40, but in women, the incidence and mortality rates of this disease increase significantly after menopause, approaching or even exceeding those of men.