A bone to pick

[tn_tiger]

I had three broken bones before I got out of high school;  and I think I recall being told that TS girls were a little more predisposed to brittle bones.    I know I even had a bone age study done at one point.

Can anyone confirm or deny this, or point me to some information?

Comments

[eponine_b]

Yes, TS women are more likely to develop osteoporosis (brittle bones) because of the lack of oestrogen in our bodies. There's a little bit of blurb on the UK TS Society Website here headed Osteoporosis and Hormone Replacement Therapy and you can also find out more about osteoporosis at this websiteThe bone age thing wouldn't have indicated whether you had brittle bones or not, it tells doctors how far along the growth process your bones are. As a child grows into an adolescent and then into an adult, the bones knit together and change and a bone age tells the doctors what stage you are at and they can interpret that to predict your final height and so on

[maidoforange]

Hmmm. Yes. No broken bones here but I had a bone density test recently and I have some pre-osteoperossis in one of my hips. Of course, I'm in my 30s.