After menopause, women are prone to become a high-risk group for osteoporosis and should pay attention to bone density screening to prevent osteoporosis. After menopause, the secretion of estrogen in women’s bodies will decrease, which also makes postmenopausal women become a high incidence of osteoporosis. It is also because of menopause that women are more likely to develop osteoporosis than men, and from an age point of view, generally speaking, the age of osteoporosis in women is generally about 10 years earlier than in men. No obvious symptoms in the early stage of osteoporosis Osteoporosis does not have obvious symptoms in the early stage, and to detect osteoporosis in time, it is usually achieved through early bone density screening. Bone density can reflect the degree of osteoporosis. Generally speaking, the change of bone density in men is relatively smooth, while in women, there is a tendency of sudden decrease in bone density after menopause. Screening about bone density is more diverse, including multiple sites such as wrist bone and heel screening, but in clinical practice, hip bone and vertebral bone screening are generally used as the standard when determining bone density. If the bone density screening is found to be low, we should pay attention to the appearance of osteoporosis, and can also take timely treatment measures. The reason why hip and vertebral bone screening is the standard is because hip and vertebral bone are the weight-bearing bones of human body, while the examination of wrist bone and heel cannot be the final standard because they are non-weight-bearing bones and are prone to some conditions, but these screenings can be used as part of osteoporosis screening for reference. In fact, bone density screening is not the only way to detect osteoporosis early, there are many other methods that can achieve the same effect, such as quantitative CT testing, ultrasound measurement, etc. However, the economic cost required for bone density screening is low, it is simple and easy to perform itself, and the requirement for medical equipment is not high, so bone density screening is generally the main method in the early screening of osteoporosis. Women can be screened when they have menstrual disorders Generally speaking, men can start bone density screening around 40-50 years old, and women should be screened for bone density if they have menstrual instability or menopausal symptoms. Generally speaking, it is not too necessary when you are younger than 40 years old. It is recommended to screen once every six months to once a year, because bone quality changes slowly and no significant changes will occur in a short period of time. In fact, osteoporosis is a disease of aging, and the human bone quality generally goes downhill as we age, etc. The purpose of osteoporosis treatment consists of two main aspects, for people who do not have fractures, the purpose is to prevent the occurrence of fractures, and the other purpose is to slow down the process of bone function decline.