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"He has not followed up with any other treatment."
Women lose estrogen suddenly at menopause. Men only lose testosterone comparatively with specific treatment for cancer.
Women's vulnerability is why it is so typically a woman's disease.
I only know of Dr. McCormick through posters on this site. No one ever says anything negative about him. Without reference to him, you might cautiously remember that osteoporosis is a different disease for women.
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@gently
I am a bit perplexed by your comments.
Your comment
that osteoporosis is mainly a women's disease.
It seems there is a higher prevalence for women to have it.
Some of the possible reasons are:
Women live longer.
Women sometimes are more pro-active in their health.
It might take an event, like fractures from a fall,
either a woman or man
to realize they have osteoporosis.
There might be people of both sex
with osteoporosis that
don't have debilitating symptoms or fractures.
They may have minimal discomfort, and decide
not go to doctors.
Both women and men get osteoporosis.
Women get osteoporosis in a different timeline than men.
A woman's menopause has a large role
in her getting menopause.
The protective estrogenic decline happens sharply
around the time of, during and after menopause.
Apparently genetics and nutrition also has a role in
osteoporosis.
That's what the current thinking is, until it's reversed
or modified. Information does change: meat is bad for you,
meat is good for you: eggs are bad for you, eggs are good
for you. Medicine is constantly evolving. Think of Covid.
Think of scurvy and rickets. These are bone conditions caused
by nutritional deficiencies.
your comment about Dr McCormick
I wasn't aware that I was, nor was it my intention in any way
to say anything negative about Dr. McCormick.
I asked a question. About his dexa score of -3.3 after his
treatment with meds.
A dexa score of -3.3 is concerning to doctors and
if a patient shows up with these numbers
their advice is to address it before it gets worse.
This medical advice is whether it is a woman or man.
And I was curious: was Dr McCormick taking further
osteoporosis meds to improve his dexa score.
And if he was not
taking meds, what else he was doing to be able to
train, or compete in IronMan - which is quite energetic.
Finally, I don't think osteoporosis is a different disease
for women than men.
The condition is similar for women and men
and so are the remedies, drugs or not.
It is simply that: I was curious and asked
questions.
Asking questions, I think, is the way to help us
be better informed and make better decisions.