Posts Tagged ‘Diseases’
Respiratory Diseases
Aging, besides a lot of perks and upside perspectives of retirement also comes with some diseases, prone to senior citizens over 65 years of age…
Read MoreTips on Osteoporosis
An advancing bad case of Osteoporosis can potentially cause you become less mobile and can lead to results as bad as being disabled should you fall and have a fracture or as the vertebral bodies collapse. The National Osteoporosis Foundation estimates that almost 50 million senior Americans over age 50 are in this or another way affected by low bone mass or osteoporosis, endagnering them to a fracture or break that could lead to poor senior health and reduced quality of life. Furthermore, they projected that by the year 2020 that number will rise to 60 million.
Read MoreOral Health Tips for Senior
While taking some good care about your dental health should be an essential part of your daily routine at any age, (simply because prevention costs much less than the dental treatment), some age groups are more vulnerable to risks than others. Americans aged 65 and over should have a special level of care for their oral health, due tot a reason that with age your mouth tends to become dryer and cavities are more difficult to prevent, so proper oral health care, including regular dental checkups, should be a senior healthcare…
Read MorePreventing & Treating Shingles
I am sure that anyone can still recall that bout of chicken pox they had as kids, right? It can come back as shingles when you’re an adult. If we’ll buy what the National Institutes of Health is saying, over a third of American seniors aged over 60 will get shingles, and 50 percent of all Americans will experience it before they’re 80. It usually affects only one side of your body, starting out with severe pain or tingling and then developing into an itchy rash and possibly blisters. There is a vaccine available, so talk to your doctor…
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