Senility

Senility - Dementia
Overview, Causes, & Risk Factors
Symptoms & Signs
Diagnosis & Tests
Prevention & Expectations
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Senility
Related Category: Pathology
(snil´t), deterioration of body and mind associated with old age. Indications of old age vary in the time of their appearance.

What is Senility?
Senility is defined as the weakness or mental infirmity of old age, and is associated with the deterioration of the body and mind in the elderly. It is commonly referred to as dementia.

Senility, which is now more commonly referred to as dementia, is characterized by a decrease in cognitive abilities. This may include the person's ability to concentrate, to recall information, and to properly judge a situation.

presenility
pris nlti noun the ageing of the body or brain before the expected time with a person showing symptoms ...
presentation ...

Senility
Example from an 1868 death certificate from West Virginia:
General Decay ...

SENILITY (Senile Dementia; Cerebrovascular Disease)
SYMPTOMS"Memory loss in the older years, an inability to reason properly which interferes with the home, employment, depression.

Senility
A state of mental deterioration resulting from old age.
Sensorineural Deafness ...

However, factors that may put an individual at risk for developing this condition include poor bowel habits (especially constipation), neurological disease (cauda equina lesion, spinal cord injury, senility), ...

"Prevents Alzheimer's disease and senility"
All of these claims have been made by marketers of compounded "bio-identical" hormones, also known as "bio-identical hormone replacement therapy" (BHRT). But these claims are unproven.

Besides senile dementia, other terms often used to describe dementia include senility and organic brain syndrome. Senility and senile dementia are outdated terms that reflect the formerly widespread belief that dementia was a normal part of aging.

Horsetail may be a possible remedy for senility. Senility often occurs when there is more aluminum in the blood than silicon. One theory suggests that when the silicon and aluminum levels are balanced, the symptoms of senility will disappear.

Other characteristics that develop later in life may include premature senility, endocrine disturbances and cataracts. Gottron syndrome is thought to be inherited as an autosomal recessive genetic trait.

The latest research shows that people with fewer amount of teeth are more at risk of mild stage dementia (senility).

Senility (Dementia)
Sensorimotor Polyneuropathy (Peripheral Neuropathy)
Separation Anxiety
Sepsis
Septic Abortion
Septic Shock
Septoplasty
SERMs (Selective Estrogen Receptors)
Serum Acid Phosphatase Test (Acid Phosphatase Test) ...

It is different from normal senility in the elderly in that the patient's brain function will gradually deteriorate resulting in progressive loss of memory and mental abilities, and noticeable personality changes.

Several early studies showed that acetyl-L- carnitine, might help delay the progression of Alzheimer's disease, relieve depression related to senility and other forms of dementia, and improve memory in the elderly.

Malnutrition.
Cachexia, anemia, or carcinoma.*
Senility.
Environmental factors ...

It was once thought that nearly all adults with Down syndrome developed Alzheimer's disease (dementia) so that on top of their mental handicap most people with Down syndrome were slated for premature senility.

Vitreous Detachment - Detachment of the corpus vitreum (VITREOUS BODY) from its normal attachments, especially the retina, due to shrinkage from degenerative or inflammatory conditions, trauma, myopia, or senility.

disease, brain tumors, multi-infarct disease, or Huntington's disease. In its early stages, a correct diagnosis of AD can also be overlooked itself and misdiagnosed as other conditions such as depression, dementia, simple forgetfulness, or senility. .

premature senility syndrome
premenstrual salivary syndrome
premenstrual syndrome
premenstrual tension syndrome
premotor syndrome
progeria
proteus syndrome
psychogenic nocturnal polydipsia syndrome
pterygium syndrome ...

See also: Symptom, Dementia, Alzheimer, Depression, Aging