Geriatrics
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- Branch of medicine that with the problems of aging and the diseases of the elderly?
- Geriatrics
- Study of the aging process
- Gerontology
- What causes people to age?
- Aging results when inappropriate information is provided for normal cell function. These theories are called error theories.
- During aging process what happens?
- flexibility declines, tissue loses moisture, cellular changes in skin and eyes.
- What factors affect aging?
- heredity, stress adaptability, nutrition, exercise
- What causes hip fractures?
- decrease in calcium
- What does arteriosclerosis affect?
- circulation
- Degenerative joint disease
- osteoarthritis
- What causes disuse atrophy?
- lack of exercise
- GI complaints
- GB malfunction, diverticula,ulcer malignancies, decaying teeth
- Why is prevalence of cancer high in elderly?
- exposure to many carcingens during life
- clouding of the eyes to opacity, blurred and dim vision
- cataracts
- memorly loss
- senility
- What causes senility?
- blood flow reduced, feelings of worthlessness, loss of interests
- most common form of senility
- Alzheimers disease
- What affect does aging have on vision?
- decrease in periperal vision, blurring of vision
- What affect does aging have on hearing?
- increased senisitivity to loud noises, difficulty in localizing sounds
- What affect does aging have on balance?
- loss of strength, flexibility, dizziness and fear of falling
- What affect does aging have on temperature?
- diminished ability to control temperature such as sweat gland atrophy
- What affect does aging have on the skin?
- atrophy of sweat glands, loss of fat pads, thin and fragile
- decrease in alveolar elasticity, increased incidence of pneumonia.
- Lungs
- What are the affects of aging on calcifications?
- atherosclerosis, crystal induced diseases: Gout
- due to decreased contractile efficiency of the myocardium
- CHF
- predisposed by elderly and immune- suppresed states
- pneumonia
- reduction in amount of bone tissue can lead to fractures Kyphosis can result
- osteoporosis
- What affect does aging have on contractures?
- neuromuscular disease, CVA, trauma and burns can result in abnormal muscle tone