PSYC 353 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Varicose Veins, Liver Spot, Collagen
19 Oct 2015
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Changes in hair colour: greying in the hair can be genetic, greying caused by cessation of pigment production, other hair changes, males do not lose facial hair. Men grow more hair in the ears, back: females gain facial hair, caused by hormonal changes of the climacteric (after menopause) Changes in body build: weight gain and losses, between 20"s and 50"s you will gain weight, 60"s+ weight decline, as you grow older, you require less calories. Muscles: sarcopenia : poverty of flesh, you may experience loss of muscle strength and mass, no difference in the rate of muscle change between men and women. Bones: normative bone loss in the 30"s. Increase bone loss in the 50"s and decreases in the 70"s: w experience more bone loss than men, osteoporosis factors: small framed women, family history, removal of the ovaries, or in menopause before the age of 60. Hearing loss: normative and environment, presbycusis, sounds of words can also change.
