Introduction
Physical changes happen from the time a person is born. Every day our bodies age just a little bit more and understanding these changes and why they happen will help know what to expect as a person ages. There are ways to slow down the aging process by taking better care of our bodies. I asked older individuals questions about their skin, bones and muscles, and sense of smell and taste. I think these topics are the first to be noticed by people. Aging as we know cannot be stopped, there are many ways to slow the effects aging has. I think it is important to encourage healthy living and ways to prolong the physical signs of aging.
Literature Review
Web MD website
The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttons
Changes in the Body with …show more content…
Thinning skin is troublesome to many. It is the first line of defense for infection and protects individuals from disease. With age, skin becomes less elastic and more wrinkled. Oil glands slow down, and skin becomes drier. How a person's skin ages depend on their lifestyle, heredity and personal habits can age skin faster than normal. Signs of aging can be thinning skin, rougher skin, and become easily bruised. There are also changes that happen below the skin such as fat loss in the face, cartilage loss, and bone loss. The number of nerve endings in the skin decreases which causes people to become less sensitive to pain, temperature, and pressure. Due to this injury, may be more likely. There are ways to slow down skin aging by using sunscreen, finding shade from the sun, keeping the skin moisturized, and covering skin from the outside elements will help keep skin feeling well longer. Exposed skin to sunlight over the years significantly contributes to increased wrinkles and brown spots. Many older adults first complaint when talking to them about the physical changes they have noticed as they age is their skin. They dislike the wrinkles, thinness, and discoloration that comes with aging. Many older adults that I have talked to have bruises on their arms and legs but have no idea how they got them and they speak of disgust from bruising so …show more content…
The taste buds on the tongue have decreased sensitivity because of this change foods that used to taste good may taste different as into salty, bitter, or sweet. The sense of smell also helps distinguish food taste. The sense of smell diminishes due to the lining of the nose thinning, and the nerve endings in the nose start to deteriorate. Dry mouth is also a condition that affects many older adults this happens because less saliva is produced. Besides the internal changes that occur with the mouth and nose that effect taste, there are some visual changes that happen as well. As individuals age, the nose grows wider and longer, and the tip tends to drop. The gums in the mouth start to recede, because of the receding gums more food particles can become trapped and cause decay and cavities. The most frustrated response I received from talking with older adults had to do with how things taste to them now. Some of their favorite recipes no longer taste like they used to. A couple of the older adults I talked to had a diminished sense of smell but didn't know that they did. There were times I would ask if they could smell a particular smell that was nearby but they did not smell it.
These are just some of the changes that people go through while aging and these changes are normal agings. The older adults I talked to all had different views on the physical changes they have seen their body
Physical changes happen from the time a person is born. Every day our bodies age just a little bit more and understanding these changes and why they happen will help know what to expect as a person ages. There are ways to slow down the aging process by taking better care of our bodies. I asked older individuals questions about their skin, bones and muscles, and sense of smell and taste. I think these topics are the first to be noticed by people. Aging as we know cannot be stopped, there are many ways to slow the effects aging has. I think it is important to encourage healthy living and ways to prolong the physical signs of aging.
Literature Review
Web MD website
The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttons
Changes in the Body with …show more content…
Thinning skin is troublesome to many. It is the first line of defense for infection and protects individuals from disease. With age, skin becomes less elastic and more wrinkled. Oil glands slow down, and skin becomes drier. How a person's skin ages depend on their lifestyle, heredity and personal habits can age skin faster than normal. Signs of aging can be thinning skin, rougher skin, and become easily bruised. There are also changes that happen below the skin such as fat loss in the face, cartilage loss, and bone loss. The number of nerve endings in the skin decreases which causes people to become less sensitive to pain, temperature, and pressure. Due to this injury, may be more likely. There are ways to slow down skin aging by using sunscreen, finding shade from the sun, keeping the skin moisturized, and covering skin from the outside elements will help keep skin feeling well longer. Exposed skin to sunlight over the years significantly contributes to increased wrinkles and brown spots. Many older adults first complaint when talking to them about the physical changes they have noticed as they age is their skin. They dislike the wrinkles, thinness, and discoloration that comes with aging. Many older adults that I have talked to have bruises on their arms and legs but have no idea how they got them and they speak of disgust from bruising so …show more content…
The taste buds on the tongue have decreased sensitivity because of this change foods that used to taste good may taste different as into salty, bitter, or sweet. The sense of smell also helps distinguish food taste. The sense of smell diminishes due to the lining of the nose thinning, and the nerve endings in the nose start to deteriorate. Dry mouth is also a condition that affects many older adults this happens because less saliva is produced. Besides the internal changes that occur with the mouth and nose that effect taste, there are some visual changes that happen as well. As individuals age, the nose grows wider and longer, and the tip tends to drop. The gums in the mouth start to recede, because of the receding gums more food particles can become trapped and cause decay and cavities. The most frustrated response I received from talking with older adults had to do with how things taste to them now. Some of their favorite recipes no longer taste like they used to. A couple of the older adults I talked to had a diminished sense of smell but didn't know that they did. There were times I would ask if they could smell a particular smell that was nearby but they did not smell it.
These are just some of the changes that people go through while aging and these changes are normal agings. The older adults I talked to all had different views on the physical changes they have seen their body