Bone density begins to decrease after age 30 for both men and women, but the effects are more severe in women, especially after they have gone through menopause. Once estrogen production is halted, the osteoblasts are no longer excited by the hormone and therefore production of new bone slows down considerably. Of course, this slowing is not only contributed to menopause, but to age as Case Study 6 -
Unit 4222-366 (DEM 302) Outcome 1 1. Describe how cognitive, functional and emotional changes associated with dementia can affect eating, drinking and nutrition. Firstly I will look at cognitive in reference to eating, drinking and nutrition. Some people with dementia can suffer from clinical depression and this would be a cognitive change, as an affect of depression the appetite of an individual will be affected and this may lead to someone having a small or no appetite and under eating this may lead to malnutrition and dehydration, or someone having an increase appetite which will cause over eating and may lead to someone gaining weight or becoming obese which carries many health conditions. Secondly, functional changes that may occur with someone with dementia is that they may have had a stroke or have weakness in using limbs which would affect them using utensils such as a knife and fork for instance not having the strength to lift the fork to their mouth.
Once again elderly females are more likely to end up with osteoarthritis than males. (Swift,(2012) Muscular atrophy is a third problem common in the elderly. This is simply a loss of muscle mass due to a lack of physical activity. (Evans, (2010) Pain, stiffness, and injury can lead to an inability or unwillingness to perform normal daily chores. As the muscle atrophies it becomes increasingly weaker.
Many people in late-adulthood experience weight loss because of loss of lean body mass, rather than fat reduction in the torso. Additionally, the continuing development of wrinkles and sagging alters one’s facial appearance. Skin aging can increase from extended exposure to sun and other elements. Many individuals will experience thinning and graying of the hair because of genetic factors. Furthermore, reduced vision, hearing loss, reduced motor ability, cardiovascular changes, respiratory changes, loss in bone strength, loss in flexibility,
Failure of one chamber causes reciprocal changes in the opposite chamber; Weakness and fatigue; Poor feeding, resulting in weight loss; Developmental delays; Irritability; Pallor and cyanosis; Dyspnea, tachypnea, orthopnea, wheezing, cough, weak cry, grunting, mild cyanosis and coastal retractions; Tachycardia; Hepatomegaly; Weight gain from edema, ascites and pleural effusion; Distended neck and peripheral veins; Sweating Nursing Diagnosis: Activity intolerance r/t generalized weakness; imbalance between oxygen supply and demand Goal: Participates in prescribed physical activity with appropriate increases in heart rate, blood pressure, and breathing rate Nursing Interventions and
Prioritize John’s nutrition problems based on this screening document. 1) Economic Hardship 2) Eating Poorly 3) Tooth Loss/Mouth Pain 4) Disease 5) Involuntary Weight Loss 6) Multiple Medication 7) Reduced Social Contact 8) Needs Assistance in Self Care 9) Elder Years Above Age 80 3. What parts of the nutrition education handout created to accompany the DETERMINE checklist (available at: http://www.aafp.org/PreBuilt/NSI_StrongAndHealthy.pdf) should be used to provide nutrition education to John? 4. According to the American Dietetic Association position statement “Nutrition Across the Spectrum of Aging” (available at: http://www.eatright.org/ada/files/Aging(2)np.pdf), what should
People with this disorder usually eat low calorie diet, and make starving themselves. Another type of eating disorder could be bulimia. Individual with bulimia tries to control his/her weight by binge eating and then by deliberately being sick or using laxatives and medication to help empty their bowels. These two disorders when people under eat, but there is the eating disorder when person over eat. It is called binge eating or compulsive eating.
For example, two diseases that develop from too little protein are Kwashiorkor and Marasmus, and too diseases that develop because of too much carbohydrates and lipids are Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease. When consuming too much or too little of a macronutrient it can also result in a stunt in growth, especially in children, a insufficient amount of energy, and either weight loss or weight gain. People also tend to gain a low immune system making them more susceptible to
Bissou L Bahi Prof Dowdy English 111 Spring 2012 TOPIC: HUNGER AND POVERTY IN THE THIRD WORLD I. Introduction Hunger is a term which has three meanings (Oxford English Dictionary 1971) such as the uneasy or painful sensation caused by want of food; craving appetite. Hunger is not just the need to eat; hunger, as the word is used by food and health experts, can be defined as the continuing deprivation in a person of the food needed to support a healthy life. The more technical term is under nutrition. Over time, hunger slows physical and mental development in children and leaves them more vulnerable to illness and disease.
Introduction Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa are the two main eating disorders. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa are similar in that there is an inaccurate perception of body weight, size or shape and/or marked over-concern about body weight, size or shape. However, there are differences. Anorexia nervosa is characterized by voluntary maintenance of unhealthy low weight (less than 85% of expected), cessation of menstrual periods for at least three cycles (amenorrhea), and an intense fear of weight gain or becoming fat. On the other hand, bulimia nervosa is characterized by inappropriate weight reducing behavior (vomiting, laxative or diuretic abuse, excessive exercise, fasting) at least twice a week and large uncontrolled binge eating at least twice a week.