Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
Ageing - Coggle Diagram
Ageing
Minor problems of old age
Depression
Caused by: isolation/medical problems
Affects aspect of life
Symptoms
❌ interest/ appetite
Isolation
Use: alcohol/ drugs
💤 Disturbance
Treatment
Medicines
Support
Self-help strategies
Natural remedies
Symptoms similar with dementia
Memory loss
Little impact on daily activity
Age related
Dementia is persistent & disabiling
Forget
Get lost
Repeating
Balance problems and falls
Cause of
Fractures
Loss indipendence
Hip fractures
Afraid to fall
Risk factors
👀Problems
Medication
🩸Pressure
Muscle weakness
Eyesight problems
Presbyopia
⬇️Ability to focus on close objects
Symptoms
Headaches
Blurred vision
Treatment
Glasses/ lenses
Cataract
Opacity in the lens➡️blurry vision
Treatment
Surgery
Hearing problems
Combined with
Noise-induced hearing loss
Isolation
Skin changes
Thinner and drier
Scratches/cuts➡️🩸
May lead infection
Sun tanning
Wrinkles
Age spots
Cancer
Urinary incontinence
Symptom of an underlying
Causes
Weakened pelvic muscles
Urinary infections
Neurological disorders
Prostate problems (men)
Involuntary loss of urine
Bones, muscles and joints problems
⬇️🦴Mass
Arms/ legs more fragile
Spinal column curved
Joints calcification
⬇️Muscles tone
Rigid
Arthritis
Menopause
End reproductive period (+40)
Premature menopause
Induced menopause
Medical d.
Auto-immune d.
Genetics
Symptoms
Hot flushes
Vaginal dryness
Insomnia
Changes in mod
Treatment
Hormone therapy
Natural t.
Andropause
⬇️Lvl. of testosterone
Depression
low sex drive
Irritability
Complications
Risk 🩷 problems
Osteoporosis
Treatment
Lifestyle changes
Replacing
Testosterone in 🩸 through
Capsules
Skin patches
Gels
Injections
Anxious
Health
Mind problems
Activity to
not to get bored
keep connected
Begin 60-65
Major life changes
Don't mean poor health
Memory loss non inevitable