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developmental stages of aging

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infancy   learning to trust  
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early childhood years   identifying as part of a family unit  
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school years   developing skills  
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adolescent years   developing identity as an indevidual  
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young adulthood   forming intimate relationships raising a family  
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middle years   doing chosen work  
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old age final stage   integrating life experiences  
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arteriosclerosis   hardening of the ateries  
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atherosclerosis   a specific form of arteriosclerosis the atery walls are coated with fat this fat makes the artery walls thick the thickness makes the space that blood passes through smaller than normal. this makes the heart work harder to pump enough blood4 ahealthy body  
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alzheimer's disease   brain disfunction causing confusion deterioration ansd disorientation. 1st loss of memory about familar objects then inability to reason hold bowel care for self and purposeful movements change in speech  
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cancer   uncontrolled growth of cells that can obccur any place in body.  
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80%of all cancer caused by   cigarette smoking exposure to carcinogenic chemicals radiation and ultraviolet rays  
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carsiovascular disease   any disease affecting the heary or circulatory system  
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#1 killer in america   cardiovascular disease  
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cystic fibrosis   an inherited disease affecting the lungs sweat glands pancreas. causes those glands to make abnormally thick mucos and increased amounts of sweat and saliva,and causses autonomic nervous system to be overactive.  
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dementia   a mental disorder causing personality changes confusion disorientation stupor change in thoughts and functions memory loss judgement changes  
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causes of dementia   drugs overactive thyroid glands anemia water on the brain insulin shock or tumor in the pancreas  
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multipul sclerosis   disease affecting the nerve fibers of the centeral nervous system. the first sign of extremities of one side of the face muscle weakness dizziness double vision and partial blindness  
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parkinsons disease   disease of the nervous system. usually occurs after sixty  
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spinal cord injury   cause paralysis. the level of it depends on where the spinal cord injury occured.  
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stroke   occurs when a blood vessel in the brain breaks or is blocked by a blood clot. the blood flow is not able tho get to the tissue beyond the break or clot. without blood the tissue dies. this causes paralysis,brain disorder memory loss or death  
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head injuries   cause loss of memory, paralysis coma or brain damage  
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