Elderly individuals are not more likely to have accidents, but they are more likely to suffer complications from accidents or to recover more slowly than younger individuals because of?



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Elderly individuals are not more likely to have accidents, but they are more likely to suffer complications from accidents or to recover more slowly than younger individuals because of primary aging and secondary aging.

Aging can affect all of the senses, but usually hearing and vision are most affected. Devices such as glasses and hearing aids, or lifestyle changes can improve your ability to hear and see. Primary aging is the inevitable loss of function that occurs no matter what we do. Secondary aging is the loss of function accelerated by lifestyle and other factors. The main cause of primary aging is accumulated "wear-and-tear" at the cellular level. This damage is triggered by cellular stressors like free radicals, telomere shortening, and DNA damage. Extrinsic aging is based almost entirely on external factors.

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