Effects of Ageing
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- Created on: 18-05-17 11:32
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- Effects of Ageing
- Cardio-vascular Disease
- Changes in the Heart
- heart increases in size, meaning the heart wall thickens --> more difficult for heart muscles to relax and fill with blood
- valves that control blood flow thicken and stiffen
- pacemaker cells decrease --> problems with heart rhythms
- artery walls narrow due to clogging by cholesterol --> blood cannot pass as easily
- Factors Increasing the Risk
- smoking
- diet high in saturated fats
- lack of exercise
- diet high in salt
- alcohol
- Negative Effects
- loss of independence
- anxiety about health
- depression
- anger
- reduced mobility
- loss of opportunity to meet new friends
- Positive Effects
- closer relationships with friends and family
- choosing to improve lifestyle
- Changes in the Heart
- Degeneration of the Nervous Tissue
- What Does it Cause?
- increase in reaction time
- reduction in movement and reflexes
- effects on senses
- decline in verbal capability
- decline in short-term memory
- Degenerative Diseases
- Parkinson's Disease
- Physical Effects
- tremors, beginning in the hand and arm
- loss of mobility
- Cognitive Effects
- depression
- anxiety
- impairment in problem solving and thinking
- Physical Effects
- Parkinson's Disease
- What Does it Cause?
- Degeneration of Sense Organs
- Taste
- number of taste buds decrease, reducing enjoyment of food --> poor diet
- Sight
- vision becomes less sharp, cataracts may develop
- Touch
- reduced sensitivity to heat --> burns, frostbite, hypothermia
- Hearing
- deterioration of ability to hear high frequency sounds
- Social Effects
- reduced socialising opportunities
- difficulty in joining conversations
- difficulty taking part in leisure activities
- Emotional Effects
- depression
- low self image
- anxiety
- Taste
- Osteo-arthritis
- What is it?
- swelling and pain in joints
- damage to soft tissue around joints
- difficulty in walking
- difficulty in climbing stairs
- Risk Factors
- being over 40
- obesity
- injury to joints
- joint abnormality
- gender
- What is it?
- Cardio-vascular Disease
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