Well, there are a lot of symptoms due to aging, that are seldom discussed even here. Here are some examples:
Example #1: The Mayo Clinic says,
Urine incontinence, or the involuntary leakage of urine, is a common symptom that affects 50% of adult women. Prevalence of this problem increases with age, as up to 75% of women over 65 report urine leakage. A woman's physical, social and psychological well-being is negatively impacted.
No comment!
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Example #2: The Mayo Clinic also says,
Your brain undergoes changes as you age that may have minor effects on your memory or thinking skills. For example, healthy older adults might forget familiar names or words, or they may find it more difficult to multitask.
So, it's not necessarily Alzheimers or other dementia if you forget things more than you once did. The minor effects they refer to, can be normal and just something one has to put up with. I think some forum members are embarrassed to admit that they get drifty and forget things a lot more than they did when they were in their 50's.
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Example #3: Not sure if it's usual or not, but in my 70's I have noticed
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desire to nap for a couple of hours every afternoon (which I never did before age 70 or so). My guess is that this is part of aging, as well, since my grandparents always napped in the afternoons.
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Example #4: From my own experiences,
An unexpected delight of old age, is that
the older I get, the happier I am. That's not fake, it's real! I don't really understand it, but I have read that many people experience this as they age. Nobody told me this when I was younger! Quite the opposite. My mother told me when I was 13 that these were the best years of my life, and in reality my early teen years were the most miserable years of my life. (She probably had a different experience as a teen).
And then there are the symptoms of aging that we discuss a lot, such as cataracts, cholesterol, and so on. Also I found that
frequent falling as I aged was much more of a problem than I expected, until I researched the internet and found a million tips on how to prevent it. That pretty much put an end to it.
