Question

Mary is a 58-year-old woman who is past menopause. in the past three years, she lost 2 inches in height and broke her wrist. based on this information, mary's physician should test her for

Answer 1

Mary's physician should test her for osteoporosis. Osteoporosis happens when the bones of a person gets brittle and weak. The reason a person exhibit this is when he or she lacks vitamin d or calcium in the body. The reason why the woman should be examined with this test because of the symptoms that she exhibits in which points out that she has osteoporosis because of her bones being weak and brittle.