GI
The process by which the body ingests, digests, absorbs, uses, transports, and eliminates nutrients
Nutrition
This is one of the first signs of aging
Change in vision
Age associated hearing loss
presbycusis
What does low calcium cause in the older adult
osteopenia
What is the leading cause of death in the United States
coronary artery disease
As you age, the bowels slow leading to patients developing this problem
Constipation
As you age the perception of color changes due to what happening due to exposure to ultraviolet light. (Blue looks more gray and colors less bright and it is hard to tell different colors).
Lens yellowing
As you age, these have trouble with high pitch sounds, words are harder to understand and cause people to think others are mumbling, and have difficulty with background noise
Ears
Due to osteopenia progressing to osteoporosis what will patients exhibit on examiniation (think spine)
Kyphosis
Which type of prevention is following a proper diet, getting appropriate exercise, and receiving immunizations against specific diseases
Primary prevention
What does low albumin levels potentially indicate in individuals?
malnutrition
As you age, individuals are unable to focus on close objects and might need magnifying reading glassess due to the lens doing what
Stiffening
As you age, my lining becomes thinner and drier so subtle smells taste bland
nose
What does low WBC put the older adult at risk for
infection (<4 need to be on neutropenic precautions)
What acronym is used to assess nutrition indicators in frail older adults
SCALES
Due to the esophageal muscle contracting less forcefully, this diseases is common in the elderly and is diagnosed by esophageal pH monitoring or EGD
Gastroesophageal reflux disease
As individuals age, a gray-white ring occurs in the eye due to buildup of
Calcium and cholesterol salts
Due to decreases in sensitivity in these food tastes bitter and makes it hard to distinguish between sweet and salty
Taste buds
Besides being a normal process with aging what other issue might the older adult have if labs show elevated Bun/creatinine/ALT/AST
dehydration
Which is the most common cancer related death
Lung cancer
With aging, the stomach cannot hold as much food as it is less elastic and makes less of what enzyme leading individuals to feeling bloated and gassy.
Lactase
This is commonly found in older adults and is a condition in which the eyelid turns outward leaving the inner eyelid surface exposed and prone to irritation
Ecotropion
As you age, due to changes in vertebrae at the top of the spine, this is compressed causing choking and makes swallowing harder
Throat
As you age due to bone marrow not producing as much leading to fewer erythrocytes, what two labs might be low
Hgb, Hct
Which mutated tumor suppressor gene is most likely to contribute to many types of cancer including bladder, breast, colorectal, and lung
p53