Clinical conditions associated with problems caused by living alone:-
1: - Chronic loneliness: - This is one of the most common conditions seen in people living alone. Research presented at the American psychiatry association conference counted living alone as being a risk factor for this chronic loneliness. In addition, other research shows that living alone does cause reduced psychological well-being however it also shows that this is mainly attributed to the feeling of loneliness. Chronic loneliness is also the most one of these problems that is associated with a variety of health conditions; both physical and mental and can induce life style related problems that can be of serious harm in the long term.
These conditions include:-
-Depression: …show more content…
A person’s systolic blood pressure could increase to as much as 150mmgh, resulting in the development of hypertension simply due to chronic loneliness and a study done by Hawkley et al., of young adults, It was found that loneliness was associated with a significant increase in the levels of total peripheral resistance, this TPR is the main determinant of systolic blood pressure. This means that loneliness will result in the increase in blood pressure in young adults who are living alone too. It was also found that due to loneliness, the “fight or flight” response increases the amount of immature monocyte production in the persons blood which results in the increase in the inflammatory genes. the increased levels of monocytes lowers the activity of the genes that fight off microorganisms and the formation of white blood cells is then disrupted resulting in person being at risk of disease. In addition, some studies also show the relationship between loneliness and obesity, physiological aging, poor hearing, poor health and an increased vulnerability to developing metastatic …show more content…
Loneliness is associated with dementia, it can increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease or dementia by around 64% and also is associated with the loss of cognition in the elderly. When loneliness is there, it is found that there is more rapid decline in cognition, semantic memory, perceptual speed, and visuospatial ability. The association of loneliness with Alzheimer’s disease can be due to two possibilities. The first one being, that loneliness is an outcome or a consequence of dementia, possibly as a behavioral response reaction to reduced cognition or as a direct result of the pathology that causes
1: - Chronic loneliness: - This is one of the most common conditions seen in people living alone. Research presented at the American psychiatry association conference counted living alone as being a risk factor for this chronic loneliness. In addition, other research shows that living alone does cause reduced psychological well-being however it also shows that this is mainly attributed to the feeling of loneliness. Chronic loneliness is also the most one of these problems that is associated with a variety of health conditions; both physical and mental and can induce life style related problems that can be of serious harm in the long term.
These conditions include:-
-Depression: …show more content…
A person’s systolic blood pressure could increase to as much as 150mmgh, resulting in the development of hypertension simply due to chronic loneliness and a study done by Hawkley et al., of young adults, It was found that loneliness was associated with a significant increase in the levels of total peripheral resistance, this TPR is the main determinant of systolic blood pressure. This means that loneliness will result in the increase in blood pressure in young adults who are living alone too. It was also found that due to loneliness, the “fight or flight” response increases the amount of immature monocyte production in the persons blood which results in the increase in the inflammatory genes. the increased levels of monocytes lowers the activity of the genes that fight off microorganisms and the formation of white blood cells is then disrupted resulting in person being at risk of disease. In addition, some studies also show the relationship between loneliness and obesity, physiological aging, poor hearing, poor health and an increased vulnerability to developing metastatic …show more content…
Loneliness is associated with dementia, it can increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease or dementia by around 64% and also is associated with the loss of cognition in the elderly. When loneliness is there, it is found that there is more rapid decline in cognition, semantic memory, perceptual speed, and visuospatial ability. The association of loneliness with Alzheimer’s disease can be due to two possibilities. The first one being, that loneliness is an outcome or a consequence of dementia, possibly as a behavioral response reaction to reduced cognition or as a direct result of the pathology that causes