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Vision, hearing, skin, pruritus, heat and cold injury.
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Visual Impairment — Age-Related Causes and Clinical Approach RECURS Scale and significance As many as 75% of older adults have significant visual or auditory dysfunction that is not reported to their physician — therefore adequate…
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Macular Degeneration — Presentation, Aetiology, Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention Definition and anatomical basis Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is degeneration of the macula — the area of the retina lying at the posterior…
Heat Stroke Definition and epidemiology Heat stroke is defined as a failure to maintain body temperature, and is characterised by a core temperature of >40.6°C (>105°F), severe central nervous system dysfunction (psychosis, delirium,…
Heat Exhaustion Definition and place in the spectrum Heat exhaustion is a moderate heat-related illness caused by water and/or salt depletion during heat exposure, characterised by a core temperature that is normal or only mildly…
Chronic pruritus is itch lasting more than six weeks. It is one of the commonest and most under-treated complaints of old age, disturbing sleep, causing irritability, low mood, excoriation and secondary infection, and materially…
Eye donation is not covered as a topic in the uploaded textbook. The textbook refers to corneal transplantation only in passing — noting that the corneal endothelium undergoes degenerative change with ageing, that these cells seldom…
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treatment Definition and diagnostic criteria — the classic triad. Heat stroke is defined as a failure to maintain body temperature and is characterised by a core temperature above 40.6°C (105°F), severe central nervous system…
Chronic fatigue syndrome / myalgic encephalomyelitis is not covered adequately in the uploaded textbooks. Pathy's addresses cancer-related fatigue in detail and refers to idiopathic chronic fatigue in older adults being linked to…