This organ of women ages earlier than men

Many women develop osteoarthritis at an earlier age than men, and more women suffer from arthritis than men. The Sports Joint Department of the Orthopedic Research Institute of the First Affiliated Hospital of the General Hospital of the People's Liberation Army has conducted statistics and found that in the past four years, 80% of patients who underwent artificial knee replacement surgery due to joint damage caused by severe osteoarthritis were women, and 80% of patients who underwent artificial hip replacement surgery due to hip dysplasia or dislocation were women.

Women's joints break down faster than men's

From an anatomical point of view: due to the need for childbearing, women have wider pelvises than men, which makes the hip joints have a larger valgus angle, making it more likely to cause a series of hip joint diseases and more likely to affect the knee joints. The degree of wear and tear in men is much lighter than in women.

From a physiological point of view: a person's posture characteristics throughout life have a profound impact on joint health. Different toileting habits of males and females affect the health of the knee joints. Chinese women mostly squat when using the toilet. By the age of 80, that's about 30,000 days in their lifetime. They have to squat more times a day than men, which puts strain on their knee joints. When men stand to use the toilet, their knee joints only bear one times the weight of their body weight, while when women squat to use the toilet, their knee joints bear six times the weight of their body weight. It can be seen that women are more likely to suffer from knee arthritis than men, and the age of onset is relatively younger.

If knee arthritis is not treated scientifically and correctly, the disease will develop to the late stage, causing joint damage and the only option is to replace the joint with an artificial joint.

From the perspective of gender differences in hormone metabolism theory: the aging of human skeletal muscles progresses simultaneously with the aging of the entire body, and both are controlled and regulated by hormones. The muscles and bones of women who bear the reproductive function are consumed more than those of men, and the important hormone that supports women's life, estrogen, will drop sharply and decline after menopause. The contrast before and after menopause is very large, and the bones and joints will age rapidly, which is manifested as an imbalance in calcium metabolism, a large loss of calcium in the bones, the emptiness of trabeculae, a decrease in collagen content, and the relaxation of muscles and ligaments. The androgen level of men goes through a long and slow process of decline and decay, and the hardness of their trabecular bones and the content of collagen also change more slowly than that of women. Men's sexual ability and fertility are likely to be maintained until old age, especially for men who have the habit of exercising and keeping fit. Their knee and hip joints will not have any major problems until they are in their seventies or eighties.

From the perspective of training muscles to protect joints: men's muscles and bones are inherently stronger than women's. The occupational characteristics of men, such as heavy labor, determine that men's skeletal muscles are more developed, stronger, and recover faster. On the other hand, women are relatively less likely to engage in heavy labor, and most of them do tiring and straining work. They have poor muscle strength, and their muscle ligaments are easily injured, and their bones are not easy to recover.