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Osteoporosis
Osteoporosis causes bones to become weaker and more fragile. Some people are more at risk than others.
Bones are thickest and strongest in your early adult life until your late 20s. You gradually start losing bone from around the age of 35.
This happens to everyone, but some people develop osteoporosis and lose bone much faster than normal. This means they’re at greater risk of a fracture.
Women are more at risk of developing osteoporosis than men because the hormone changes that happen at the menopause directly affect bone density.
The female hormone oestrogen is essential for healthy bones. After the menopause, oestrogen levels fall. This can lead to a rapid decrease in bone density.
Vaginal dryness
Vaginal dryness can affect any woman, however, after menopause it is very common, affecting over half of post-menopausal women aged between 51 and 60.
You can get vaginal dryness if you:
These things can cause a change in your hormone levels. This change can affect how much vaginal discharge or fluid you have.
You can also have vaginal dryness if you:
Asthma
Do women get asthma more than men?
As children, more boys than girls have asthma. But things change around puberty. After that, girls are twice as likely to develop asthma as boys. This is partly because of hormones.
Is asthma worse for women?
Studies show that compared to men, women can have worse symptoms more often:
- Women are more at risk of asthma attacks and are admitted to hospital more often with their asthma.
- Women who develop asthma for the first time later in life, after menopause, are more likely to have asthma that’s difficult to control, and likely to need specialist care and treatments to help deal with their symptoms.
- Everyone’s lung function starts to decline after about the age of 35. For women it declines more quickly after the menopause.
- Statistics show that women with asthma over 65 are more at risk of life-threatening asthma attacks.
Migraine
Migraine is three times more common in women than in men and is the 4th leading cause of disability in women. Until puberty, migraine affects both men and women equally, however, after puberty, there is an increasing prevalence of migraine in women.
Research suggests that menarche, menstruation, pregnancy, and menopause as use of oral contraceptives and of hormone replacement treatment (HRT) may influence migraine occurrence.