Normal Aging Process
| Nanette Lavoie-Vaughan, M.S.N., APN |
Age Related Risk Factors
- Reduction of fluid in the cells
- Decrease in subcutaneous fat
- Lower oral temperature
- Decreased output from the heart
- Increased resistance in small blood vessels
- Decreased lung expansion
- Less effective gas exchange in the lungs
- Less effective cough response
- Brittleness of teeth
- Drier mouth
- Decreased motility of the esophagus and stomach
- Decreased motility in the intestines
- Decreased filtration in the kidneys
- Decreased bladder capacity
- Weaker bladder muscles
- Atrophy of muscle tissue
- Decreased bone mass
- Decreased visual accommodation
- Reduced capacity to sense pressure and pain
- Reduced immunity
- Slower metabolic rate
- Altered secretion of insulin
- Altered metabolism of glucose
- Slowed response and reaction time
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