This site explained the effects of aging on homeostasis in an easy to understand format. Unfortunately, I'm living those effects right now. It seems like every month I have a new injury. Just like in any machinery or vehicle, parts wear out or break down. I'm learning that first hand. Not only do injuries happen more frequently, they take longer to recover.
I see these effects in my clinicals when I go to the assisted living facilities. I see the breakdown of the epithelium, muscle weakness and atrophy, as well as dementia. The body does not get the vitamin D it needs to produce calcium, immobility causes muscle to deteriorate, and the lack of dopamine production causes memory loss.
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