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Aging Adult - Coggle Diagram
Aging Adult
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Cardiovascular System
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O2 used less efficiently
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hypoxia
can cause irreversible damage can begin within four minutes of the onset. Can cause coma, seizures, and death
aorta becomes dilates
Aortic aneurysm.
Abdominal aortic aneurysms tend to occur when there is a failure of the structural proteins of the aorta.
Nervous system
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Reduction in neurons, nerve fibers, and cerebral blood flow
Brain ischemia
leads to poor oxygen supply or cerebral hypoxia and thus leads to the death of brain tissue or cerebral infarction/ischemic stroke.
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Respiratory system
Calcification of costal cartilage, trachea, and rib cage more rigid
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Musculoskeletal system
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Reduced muscle and strength #
Sarcopenia
a syndrome characterized by progressive and generalized loss of skeletal muscle mass and strength and it is strictly correlated with physical disability, poor quality of life and death
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mental health
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substance abuse
alcoholism
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Regular use of psychoactive substances that affect the central nervous system (CNS), resulting in significant impairment or distress occurring in a 12-month time frame. Patients demonstrate a problematic pattern of behaviors related to the use of the substanc
GI system
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atrophy of small and large intestines
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celiac disease
damages the villi, leaving your body unable to absorb nutrients necessary for health and growth.
Urinary
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Reduced bladder capacity
overactive bladder
is a condition that is characterized by sudden, involuntary contraction of the muscle in the wall of the urinary bladder
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