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The systems of the body most affected by chemotherapy drugs include visual and semantic memory, attention and motor coordination and executive functioning. [9] [10] These effects can impair a chemotherapy patient's ability to understand and make decisions regarding treatment, perform in school or employment and can reduce quality of life. [10]
Delirium (formerly acute confusional state, an ambiguous term that is now discouraged) [1] is a specific state of acute confusion attributable to the direct physiological consequence of a medical condition, effects of a psychoactive substance, or multiple causes, which usually develops over the course of hours to days.
Dr. Caldwell says people are also often surprised to learn that hearing loss could be a risk factor for dementia. "Unfortunately, today, there's still a pretty big stigma against using hearing ...
Using chewing tobacco increases the risk of fatal coronary heart disease and stroke. [25] [26] In 2010 more than 200 000 people died from coronary heart disease due to smokeless tobacco use. [27] Use of chewing tobacco also seems to greatly raise the risk of non-fatal ischaemic heart disease among users in Asia, although not in Europe. [25]
Age – usually over 60 years old; Sex – males are more prone; Site – gingiva, buccal mucosa, alveolar mucosa, hard palate, floor of the mouth, larynx, oesophagus, penis, vagina, scrotum. Clinical presentation: It is a slow growing, diffuse, exophytic lesion usually covered by leukoplakic patches. Invasive lesions quickly invade bones.
Nearly one in five new cervical cancers diagnosed from 2009 to 2018 were in women 65 and older, according to a new UC Davis study.But what has experts concerned is that, according to the study ...
About 0.4% of those over the age of 65 are affected with DLB, [9] and between 1 and 4 per 1,000 people develop the condition each year. [ 218 ] [ 219 ] Symptoms usually appear between the ages of 50 and 80 [ 9 ] ( median 76 [ 3 ] ), and it is not uncommon for it to be diagnosed before the age of 65.
People are generally advised to stop smoking and limit the drinking of alcohol. [3] In potentially half of cases leukoplakia will shrink with stopping smoking; [5] however, if smoking is continued up to 66% of cases will become more white and thick. [6] The percentage of people affected is estimated at 1–3%. [4]