However symptoms of aging may vary on an individual features for each person, the most common of them have been gathered. In facts, only your health care provider can perform adequate diagnosis of symptoms and determine whether they are indeed symptoms of aging.
Common Symptoms of Aging:
- Graying hair
- Menopause
- Balding
- Skin changes
- Slight memory loss
- Minor memory loss
- Reduced eyesight
- Loss of hearing
- Vaginal changes
- Wisdom
- Slight mental decline – a minor loss of mental acuity is natural; a large loss might be a disorder like Alzheimer’s
A great number of elderly people have comparatively good eyesight into there eighties and beyond. Getting older does not always mean that you have to see poorly. But age brings changes that can affect your eyes, and therefore makes your reading particularly more difficult.
Approximately one-third of Americans between age 65 and 74 and one-half of those who aged 85 and older have problems with their hearing. They may make mistakes in words, forget some of them during conversation, miss musical notes at a concert, or leave a phone call or ringing doorbell unanswered. Problems with hearing can be small, like missing some sounds, or large including more serious deafness. Nevertheless, you can get necessary treatment that may include special training, certain medicines, hearing aids, and surgery. Older women often don’t want to acknowledge their hearing loss, which is fortunately treatable in most cases.
Women can enjoy sex well into their older years. Nevertheless, they may notice changes in the shape and elasticity of the vagina, which do not usually mean a serious loss in the ability to enjoy sex. The predominant part of women will have a lessening in vaginal lubrication that has an influence on the sexual pleasure.
Older couples may have the same problems that have people at any age. But they may also have added concerns of age, chronic illness, retirement and other lifestyle changes. These problems can affect sexual life. In such cases you have to make an appointment with your doctor or see a therapist. As a rule, these health care providers will help you. One more significant point: it is important to discuss these worries openly and non-judgmentally with your wife or husband.
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