Question 1

what changes happen during elderly age?

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Deterioration : Vision and hearing deteriorate with age. Bones get weaker. Balance and gait (walking) can worsen. Kidneys might not work as well, the list is extensive! it is important to get regular followup with a doctor especially as you get older. Get your eyes/hearing checked. Make sure you get your immunizations and any age-appropriate cancer screenings. Take calcium and vitamin d to strength bones, etc.

Question 2

why do children and the elderly get sick more often than teenagers and middle-aged adults?

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Waxing &amp; waning: In children, their immune system is still developing, such that they haven't reached their peak potential yet and thus are at increase risk for infections. That's why we also have more vaccinations scheduled in early childhood. As we get past middle-age, our immune system wanes and increases similar risk for infections.

Question 3

does extreme weight lifting causes increased loss of height in elderly age?

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NO: Height is genetically  preset  , very little alteration  one can do with diet, exercise , and  environment

Question 4

are middle aged and elderly more likely to get ischemic colitis?

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Yes: Ischemic colitis is generally analogous to a heart attack or stroke of the intestines, and many of the same risk factors, including age, high cholesterol, high bp, apply. While exceptional cases occur, in general older patients are at higher risk than young patients for ic.

Question 5

elderly relative with breathing difficulties.  do lungs get tighter or smaller as people age?

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Yes: The lungs do get "smaller" with age and lose some of their elastic recoil (ability to deflate with exhalation) but age alone should not result in breathing difficulties.  It would be advisable to determine smoking history, other medical problems and evaluate with chest xray, breathing tests  oxygen level and work to regain their breathing capacity when cause is determined.

Question 6

my father was diagnosed with vitiligo in elderly age. no one from his family ever had this condition except for him. does it mean i will develop it too?

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: No it does not. The precise cause of this is not known

Question 7

help please! when someone has a heart transplant can they live with the new heart to an elderly age?

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Yes: However, before deciding on a heart transplant (i assume for a very weak heart), that is a very serious surgery, the transplant specialist will offer several other treatments and procedures to improve heart failure.
Please, pay attention to what they are offering and follow their advise very closely to improve your chances.

Question 8

can you tell me what is the  most common restrictive pulmonary disorder for an aging adult/ elderly?

Accepted Answer

Cannot fill lungswit: Common cause pulmonary fibrosis, auto immune disease, obesity, neuromuscular disease- see pcp  or pulmonologist.

Question 9

would doctors falsely diagnose age-related copd in elderly, insured patients to be able to justify expensive diagnostics?

Accepted Answer

No: COPD is DX with pulm function tests which are objective.

Question 10

could you give me the median survival for the elderly , over 65 , with acute lymphoblastic leukemia ?also, what was it 30 yrs.ago? i lost a loved one in 1982, wondering if life expectancy improving in this age group?i'm not sure what the life expectancy w

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Modern : Modern therapy is expected to get 60 - 80% of adults with all into remission.  Unfortunately, with standard chemotherapy alone only 30-40% of adult all patients live more than 2 years.  This likely compares to a 20-30% long-term survival rate in the early 1980s.  Much more significant improvements have been made in the treatment of children with all with long-term survival in over 80% of kids with the disease.  We now know much more about the genetic abnormalities in the cancer cells than we did in the 1980's and can better predict a patient's prognosis and tailor treatment for them.  In particular, outcomes are now much better for mature b-cell all and there are targeted agents available for treating philadelphia chromosome-positive disease as well. Age continues to be a poor prognostic factor with people over 50 not fairing as well as younger adult patients.

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