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14 Cards in this Set
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Chronic Disorder |
Disorders characterized by slow onset and long duration |
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Osteoporosis |
-A disorder that involves an extensive loss of bone tissue and is the main reason many older adults walk with a marked stoop. -Women are especially vulnerable to osteoporosis Affect 66% of women over 60 |
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Dementia |
A global term for any neurological disorder in which the primary symptom is deterioration of mental functioning |
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Alzheimer Disease |
A progressive, irreversible brain disorder characterized by a gradual deterioration of memory, reasoning, language, and eventually, physical function |
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Parkinson Disease |
A chronic. progressive disease characterized by muscle tremors, slowing of movement, and partial facial paralysis |
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Bulimia Nervosa |
An eating disorder in which individual consistently follows a binge-an-purge eating pattern. |
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Binge eating disorder (BED) |
Involves frequent binge eating, but without compensatory behavior like purging that characterizes bulimics |
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Aerobic exercise |
Sustained activity that stimulates heart and lung functioning |
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Anorexia nervosa |
An eating disorder that involves the relentless pursuit of thinness through starvation. |
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Growth Retardation |
fetus doesn't develop at a normal rate |
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Neurofibrillary Tangling |
Tied bundles of protein impairing neural functioning |
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Amyloid plaques |
They are more pervasive in Alzheimers |
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What causes Alzheimer's |
Age and Genetics APOE4 Increases risk vs APOE2 protein protect against it |
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Early detection |
Brain scans (MRIs) Urine text spinal fluid analysis |
