the physical changes of aging

Question 1

What can age increase the risk of?

Answer 1

Cardiovascular disease

Question 2

How does age increase the risk of cardiovascular disease?

Answer 2

As you age, so do your blood vessels. They become less flexible, making it harder for blood to move through them easily. Fatty deposits called plaques also collect along your artery walls and slow the blood flow from the heart.

Question 3

What is the degeneration of the nervous tissue?

Answer 3

where the tissues of the nervous system break down and stop working.

Question 4

What is Osteoarthritis?

Answer 4

Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis. It occurs most frequently in the hands, hips, and knees. With OA, the cartilage within a joint begins to break down and the underlying bone begins to change.

Question 5

What are some common illnesses that develop with older age?

Answer 5

Common conditions in older age include hearing loss, cataracts and refractive errors, back and neck pain and osteoarthritis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes, depression, and dementia.

Question 6

What is dementia?

Answer 6

Though dementia mostly affects older adults, it is not a part of normal aging. It is the impaired ability to remember, think, or make decisions that interferes with doing everyday activities. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common type of dementia.

Question 7

What vitamin do you absorb less while ageing?

Answer 7

calcium