Healthy Aging For Baby Boomers
 

What Changes To My Body Should I Expect


What Changes To My Body Should I Expect. We all expect the wrinkles and the gray hairs, no surprise there. What may surprise you is just how many body systems can malfunction as we age.

All of us age, from the moment we are born, our bodies are being used and worn. It is inevitable that the day should come when one or more body systems decide to stop working or at least go on strike.

What is likely to happen and when? Your heart, which acts like a pump, has been beating since you were in utero. It has a vital function in the grand design of your body.

It pumps blood all over the body so that vital organs and systems can have a fresh supply of blood used to cleanse, transport, and nourish your body parts.

One common ailment as we age is hypertension or more frequently called: high blood pressure. This is caused by atherosclerosis (a hardening of the arteries), which occurs when fatty deposits form on the walls of the heart vessels.

The job of the heart muscle is to pump blood through these arteries and to all the parts of the body. The blood carries oxygen, carbon dioxide and nutrients to where they are needed. The fatty deposits impede the blood flow, so the heart has to work harder to force the blood flow through blocked arteries.

Working heart puts more pressure on the arteries and the result is an elevated blood pressure reading.  

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Healthy Aging Sherri Smith Healthy Aging This is the baby boomer generation. They are well educated, familiar with the Worldwide Web and are keenly interested in health, fitness, and living a full life. Boomers want to age gracefully, stay active, and want to live their life to the fullest. Aging involves all parts of our body and all systems. It is a gradual process that we can speed up or slow down by personal habits.

Our bones have something called "bone mass" which reaches peak somewhere around age 25 - 35. The aging process causes our bones to shrink and decrease in density. When this happens we can become shorter. The loss of density also causes your bones to weaken and when this happens breakage can occur.

We can also experience difficulty with our digestive system because things tend to slow down along the process of digesting food. This slow down can result in more periods of constipation. Our kidneys have the job of removing waste from the bloodstream. As we age and have chronic conditions like: diabetes or high blood pressure, damage can be done to our urinary tract and kidneys.

Get outside, go for a walk if you are able, or sit out on your porch. Fresh air does do us a lot of good, and you get to see people as well. Keep some windows open for some fresh air.

Loss of bladder control is common in people over age 65, known as incontinence (the inability to hold in urine) or to have feces leakage due to a weakened sphincter muscle being tested as a reaction to stress like sneezing, surprise. Reasons for incontinence can be caused by obesity, frequent problems such as chronic cough, frequent constipation, chronic cough, and obesity.

Healthy Aging Issues Today

02/07/2012
Saskatoon's aging sewer system upsets homeowners
Saskatoon's aging sewer system poses challenges for the city and no end of grief for some residents.

Saskatoon's aging sewer system upsets homeowners

02/08/2012
Cleaning up aging buildings
Cleaning up aging buildings

Cleaning up aging buildings

02/08/2012
Cleaning up aging buildings
Cleaning up aging buildings

Cleaning up aging buildings

02/08/2012
FirstEnergy to close 3 aging power plants in West Virginia
Three aging coal-fired power plants in West Virginia owned by FirstEnergy Corp. will be shut down later this year.

FirstEnergy to close 3 aging power plants in West Virginia

02/07/2012
Alliance for Aging Research Applauds Obama Administration’s Commitment to Alzheimers
The Alliance for Aging Research, http://www.agingresearch.org, today applauded the Obama Administration for reprogramming $50 million from the current budget to Alzheimer’s disease and pledging an additional $80 million for Alzheimer’s research in the next budget cycle.Washington, DC (PRWEB) February 07, 2012 The Alliance for Aging Research, http://www.agingresearch. ...

Alliance for Aging Research Applauds Obama Administration’s Commitment to Alzheimers

02/07/2012
Editorial Feature: Aging Well Applies for BPA Business Membership
SHELTON, CT-- -Aging Well has applied for business publication membership in BPA Worldwide. The magazine is published by Great Valley Publishing Co., Inc. .BPA Worldwide will track circulation for Aging ...

Editorial Feature: Aging Well Applies for BPA Business Membership

02/08/2012
FirstEnergy to close 3 aging power plants in W.Va.
FirstEnergy Corp. announced Wednesday that it will shut down three aging coal-fired power plants in West Virginia later this year.The company's Monongahela Power subsidiary will retire the Albright, Willow ...

FirstEnergy to close 3 aging power plants in W.Va.

02/07/2012
Saskatoon's aging sewer system upsets homeowners
Saskatoon's aging sewer system poses challenges for the city and no end of grief for some residents.

Saskatoon's aging sewer system upsets homeowners

02/08/2012
Cleaning up aging buildings
Cleaning up aging buildings

Cleaning up aging buildings

 

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