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Access to Health Care Senior citizens receive a diversity of concerns when it comes to health and well being. As people get older, many health problems become more likely to pass, including problems that bear on the body and brain. And though some of these problems are unavoidable, becoming a senior citizen does not doom someone to a life of wellness troubles. A routine of steps can be involved to help maintain good health well into the prosperous age.

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As person get older, many health problems become more likely to pass, including problems that bear on the body and brain. And though some of these problems are unavoidable, becoming a senior citizen does not doom someone to a life of wellness troubles. to avoid this, here is summary of several steps that can be taken in prosperous age to avoid later health problems.

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Access to Health Care

Senior citizens receive a diversity of concerns when it comes to health and well being. As people get older, many health problems become more likely to pass, including problems that bear on the body and brain. And though some of these problems are unavoidable, becoming a senior citizen does not doom someone to a life of wellness troubles. A routine of steps can be involved to help maintain good health well into the prosperous age.

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As adults get older, their risk for a number of chronic, continuing health problems begins to rise:

•Heart disease, diabetes and cancer

•Osteoporosis

•hearing and vision problems

•Alzheimer’s disease, and other debilitating behaviors in older adults.

•depression

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Aging changes in immunity• As you get older, your

immune system changes and does not function properly.

• It is more tedious to respond. This increases risk of getting ill.

• An autoimmune disorder may arise

• Healing is also slowed in older individuals.

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Agingchangesbodyshapetoo…

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Aging causesmemoryloss

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Aging changes in hormone production

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Aging changes in organs - tissue - cells

Body shape changes naturally as you age. Some of these changes cannot be avoided but your lifestyle choices may slow or speed the process.

The human body is made up of fat, lean tissue (muscles and organs),

bones, and water. After age 30, the people tend to lose lean tissue.

Your muscles, liver, kidney, and other organs may lose some of their cells.

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Aging changes in skin

Skin changes are among the most visible signs of aging.

Evidence of increasing age includes wrinkles and sagging

skin. Whitening or graying of the hair is another obvious

sign of aging.

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Sleeping difficulty is an annoying problem,but it is seldom dangerous. Because theysleep more lightly and wake up more often,older people may feel deprived of sleepeven when their total sleep timehas not changed.Sleep deprivation can eventually causeconfusion and other mental changes.It is treatable, and symptoms should bereduced when you get enough sleep.Sleep problems are also a common symptomof depression. You should see a healthcare provider to determine if depression oranother health condition is affecting yoursleep.

Aging changes in sleep

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After your mid-30s, you begin to slowly lose bone mass (Osteoporosis).Women lose bone mass faster after menopause, but it happens to men too.

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Age-associated hearing loss,or presbycusis, is the slow

loss of hearing that happensas people become older.

Vision and Hearing in Agingare a numeral of things we

can expect and await as wegrow older and our bodies

begin to commute, and twoof the most common

changes for senior families.

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Heart attacks

A heart attack is caused by the death of the heart muscle due to loss of blood

supply caused by blockage in one or more of the coronary arteries. In India,

heart disease is the single largest cause of death in the country. Most heart

problems are directly related to unhealthy eating habits, stress and lack of

physical exercises by elderly people.

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Aging changes in the nervous system

As you age, your brain and nervous system go through natural changes. Your brain and spinal cord lose nerve cells and weight (atrophy). Nerve cells may begin to pass messages more slowly than in the past. Waste products can collect in the brain tissue as nerve cells break down. This can cause abnormal changes in the brain called plaques and tangles to form. A fatty brown pigment lipofusion can also build up in nerve tissue.

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Aging related Kidney problems

• Anti-phospholipid syndrome• Acute renal failure, ARF• Alport syndrome• Blood pressure• Bone disease• CRF, CRI• Dysuria• Contraception• Cholesterol emboli• Cysts in the kidneys• Diabetic nephropathy• Dense deposit disease etc…

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Prevalence of diabetes by age

The average fasting glucose level rises 6 to 14 mg/DL (milligrams per deciliter) for each 10 years after age 50. This is because the cells become less sensitive to the effects of insulin.

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• People can get hold of a number of steps to maintain good health as they age, including actions taken earlier in life, but also those that become routine practice when older.

• Inquiry indicates that sustaining a healthy weight is critically important to bring down the risk for such chronic health problems as heartdisease, diabetes and osteoporosis, among others.

• This can be accomplished through eating a sound diet and even workout. Other steps that can help with good health as people age include maintaining good sleep patterns, abstaining from smoking.

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