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