Physical changes of ageing Flashcards

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What is cardivoscular diease

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Diease of heart and blood vessel
devlop narrowing of the artieres dye to fatty deposits

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what are the symptoms of cardiovascular diease

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heart attack ,chest pains , pain, faint
sick, breathlessness

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what are the causes of cardivoscualr diease

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smoking, family history, alchol, blood pressure, lack of exercise, high cholestrol, ethnic background, diabetes, not educated

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what are the advantages and disadvantges of cardiovascular diesase

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Advantages- change in lifestyle, greatful for life
Disadvantages- high chance of death, stress, cant look after grandchildren

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What happens when there is clog in the artierties

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causes high blood pressure
strokes
heart attack
angina

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What is osteoarthritis

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wear and tear if joints and the bones rub togther causing the movment of joints which causes damge to soft tissues

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what are the symptoms to osteoarthritis

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pain, swelling, loss of flexibility , stiffness , imoblity

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what are the causes to osteoarthitis

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physical job, move joints a lot, excess weight

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what are the affects of osteoarthritis on growth and devlopment

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stop work early, go to hosptial frequently, miss out on social oppourtinites, frustrated and embarrsed, finical issues

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What is dementia

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memory loss illness of the short term memory (fluid)

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What is Alzhemiers diease ( dementia)

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lewy bodies in brain get tangled and oxygenated blood cannot flow through the vessels which kills the brain cells

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What is Vascular dementia

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Blood cannot get to the brain due to burst blood vessels which cause blood clots. Which means oxygentated blood cant form.
This had impact due to unhealthy lifestyle

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What is the degeneration of the nervous tissue

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The signals in your brain take longer to form from when younger. Your vocab begins to decline and processing infromation. Your reaction time is also slow

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What are the likely causes of the degenetration of the nervous tissue

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high blood pressure
cerebovascualr diease
high chloestrol
diabetes
stroke

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What can help the brain to prolong its function

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no smoking
exercise
keeping the brain active
communcation

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What are the effects of the nervous tissue degenrating on growth and devlopment

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Reaction time dertrieates , memory loss, lack of concentartion, withdraw from society, loss of balance and coordination

17
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Where can you get vitiman D from

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asborbing calcium, sun, milk, cheese, yougurt, butter and any other dairy food

18
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What happens if you don’t take vitiman D

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will get rickets, brittle bone, oestrophrosis and mobliity will decline

19
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Where do you find Vitiman C

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cystris fruit( orange,lemon,pineapple) and dark veg

20
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Why is vitiman C good for you

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Helps the body to heal from new tissue and maintain healthy ones. Good for the immune system

21
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Why might it be diffuclt for someone to get vitiman C

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Cant afford fresh fruit
geographical barriers
mobility
realying in people

22
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Where can you find iron

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red meat
tabelets
green veg

23
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Where can you find iron

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red meat
tabelets
green veg

24
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How many old people dont take their recommended allowance of iron

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30%

25
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Why is water good for you and why is having water may be diffcult for the elerdly

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water helps with nurtients and food.
Old people dont recognise their thrist aso they will become dehydarated more easily

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What happens with the degenreation of hearing

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Increase of earwax can block sound transmissons
Increase sensitivity in nevre cells so struggle to hear sounds
Tinnitus may increase due to earwax or damage ear
loss of nerve cell can lead to deafness

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What happens with the degenration of touch

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there is a decrase in receptor cells
Have a reduce sensitvity to temp, injury and touch of skin

28
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what happens with the degeneration of taste

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salvia decreases
if you cant smell food as well you can no longer enjoy food

29
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what happens with the degenreation of sight

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focus begins to decline, needing to read in small prints, may devlop catracts / glaucoma

30
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what is catracts

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change in lens. Become blurry and cloudy vision.

31
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what is glaucoma

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incraese in fluid in the eye which cause pain hazzinisses and blurred vision

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what happens with the degeneration of smell

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it goes untoicated and you may get confused