AGEING CHANGES IN A PERSON

Because of the involvement of different number of organs and the variability of the depth of the involvement of these organs, there are large numbers of signs which may be noticed and observed by the aged person or by the physician. Some of the signs are enumerated below.

AGEING changes in a person

BRAIN Changes

Slow memory loss
Fear and phobias
Lack of confidence
Lack of sleep
Dementia
Depression

FACIAL Changes

First signs of aging appear around eyes as drooping of upper eyelids, thus making eyes appears smaller. The upper lip also begins to sink.
Pale face (Anemia)

VISION-HEARING

Reduced distant and near vision
Reduced hearing

SKIN Changes

Dull glow-less skin.
Sagging skin.
Dark spots over different parts of the body.
Lines & wrinkles on the face and the body
Skin wrinkles because it becomes thinner and less elastic.
Dry skin
Itching skin
It gets drier too as it makes less oil and sweat.
Thinning of skin, which starts bleeding on itching particularly on the shin of the leg.
Loosening of the skin
Patchy skin.
Open pores.

HAIR Changes

Thinning of hairs
Greying of hairs
Falling of hairs

BODY Changes

Slow weight loss

BODY IMMUNITY

Increased susceptibility to infection
Slow healing of the wounds
Greater risk of heat stroke or hypothermia

KIDNEY Changes

Frequency of urination
Difficulty in starting urination or maintaining urinary flow (in men)
Sudden urgency to pass urine and difficulty in holding it (in men)

MUSCLE Changes

Weakness of muscles
Pain in the muscles on small exertions
Reduction in the girth of muscles
Decrease in the muscle power

GAIT Changes

Wide gait
Use of banister while using stairs
Slow pacing
Fear of falling on wet ground
Breathlessness on slight exertion or ongoing upstairs
Slight slow decrease in height. One can lose an inch height in about 30-40 years after the age of 30.

BONE Changes

Backache
Greying of hairs
Falling of hairs
Stooped posture
Bones become more visible as you store less fat beneath your Inside skin.
Bones become weak. Bones break on minor fall.

JOINTS Changes

Joint changes, ranging from minor stiffness to severe arthritis

DENTAL Changes

Clogging of food particles between the teeth
Dental caries
Loosening of teeth

BLOOD Changes

Increase in blood pressure
Pale face (Anemia)

HEART Changes

Heart pain of Angina
Myocardial infarction

BODY IMMUNITY

Increased susceptibility to infection
Slow healing of the wounds
Greater risk of heat stroke or hypothermia

DIGESTION Changes

Indigestion
Constipation

There can be many more signs of Ageing. With the mixture of signs related to different organs, thus ageing is a multidisciplinary disease and similarly the approach for the management of the aged should be multidisciplinary.

It may be possible that in spite of the care of aged by multiple specialists still their may not be any improvement. Under such circumstances other measures namely Indian System of Medicine, Antioxidant therapy, Hormonal Replacement, Stem Cell Therapy, Autoimmune Therapy, PRP Therapy, Telomere Therapy and many other modalities are in practice by different centers for Age Management which is perhaps the future.

AGEING CHANGES IN A PERSON