Signs of sneaking old age

Stars of show business are struggling with the help of cosmetics and surgical manipulations trying to use the saying "To a man for as many years as he looks" in order to understate his age. But mother-nature can not be fooled, and she readily throws old signs of aging and fading "macho" the next signs of stealing old age. With some obvious external signs, whether it's gray or wrinkles, celebrities successfully cope, but in an aged body there are many hidden changes that sooner or later make themselves felt.
One of the most well-known signs, about which one does not immediately understand that this is the consequence of aging, is a change of voice. Moreover, in men the voices become higher, up to the falsetto, and in women the voice's voice is lowered. The voice of the elderly person is often weak and hoarse, but all because the aging process affects the vocal cords as well as all other muscles of the body. Vocal cords are two folds of elastic muscles, between them there is cartilage, which helps to produce sound. Over time, the cartilage becomes less elastic and more delicate, therefore, according to otorhinolaryngology, its changes weaken and make vibrations of the vocal cords unstable during the production of sound. From this, the voice of men after 70 years becomes trembling. In women, for the time being, the hormone estrogen protects the cartilage, delaying changes in the voice. However, the absence of this hormone can cause swelling in the vocal cords, which will make the timbre of the voice much lower. As a physiotherapy, lairs offer ... singing, considering it a useful way of preventing the deterioration of the vocal cords. In doing so, they require proper posture, since the distorted position of our body changes the position of the vocal tract itself. Breathing paths can not produce deep breathing, vocal cords will have to expend more effort to make a sound. It's not for nothing that the opera singers have such a proud posture, it helps them maintain their natural gift - a captivating voice until old age.

By the way, with age, the glands that secrete mucus around the vocal cords, work less actively. The lack or absence of mucus causes a desire to cough more often. To preserve the voice of lora advise the method of hydration, that is, drink at least one and a half liters of fluid per day. To lubricate the throat, an effective method is to breathe over the cup with steam - the simplest inhalation.

A dazzling smile is an indispensable attribute of secular communication. This poor Gioconda smiled mysteriously with compressed lips, because the women of that time had bad teeth. Now constant care of teeth allows to smile widely to beauties of any age. However, with age, teeth seem longer. So it is, this is not an optical illusion. Like losing elasticity and roundness, the tissues of our gums lose volume, decrease in size, the gum sinks, the dentin, which forms the root of the tooth, is exposed. The recession of the gums can increase the length of the teeth to a quarter of an inch. Our gums begin to deteriorate at the age of 40 years. Specialists in cosmetic dentistry suggest avoiding unnecessarily aggressive cleaning with a brush or dental floss, so as not to provoke premature flaking of the gums.

One of the signs of aging in women, which no longer cosmetic tricks will disguise, is the visible pulsation of the artery on the neck. Often the visible pulse can be mistakenly interpreted as an aneurysm of the carotid artery, but more often it is harmless to health, but such a grieving sign of stealing old age. The reason is that, due to the age-related reduction of the spine, the growth of women is decreasing, and if they still suffer from osteoporosis, this loss will be up to 5 cm. Large arteries on the neck because of the restriction of the place are looped, which leads to their bulging on the face of the neck . It becomes visible the flow of blood through the arteries. This is especially true for thin women, since their arteries are visible directly under the skin. But in any case, for certainty, you need to consult a cardiologist.

After 40 years on the skin in different places there are pigmented formations, which are called seborrheic keratosis (in the people they are insultingly called senile warts). Well, here medicine struggles with them very actively and successfully, beginning with scraping (curettage) under local anesthesia and ending with cryotherapy (freezing with liquid nitrogen), after all, the window is already 21st century. Alas, to eliminate the following signs of aging and cryotherapy will not help. It's about lengthening the ears and nose. They consist of flexible connective cartilages that, unlike bones and muscles, will grow until we die. The trouble is that with age, cartilage becomes thinner, resulting in the skin stretching and sagging. Ears and nose become longer and sag. With age, we also grow leg size, after 40 years, the size of shoes every 10 years increases by one. This is because the tendons and ligaments that connect the set of tiny foot bones lose their elasticity.

Yes, old age is not fun. And already secular lionesses can not drink as much champagne and various cocktails as they were in their young years. Pharmacists note that with age, the speed with which the liver and kidneys eliminate the appearance of alcohol in the body, significantly slows down. Alcohol lasts longer in the system, it takes less time to get drunk. For the elderly, starting from the age of 50, one or two glasses of alcohol are enough. And if you consider that over the years, "old men" and "old women" over 60 years old get a headache like "hypnic" - dull pain in the back of the head after awakening - then they drink only paracetamol and, oddly enough, caffeine.

Not everything is so sad, experts in headaches from the Royal College of London convince us. But with age, the pain of suffering with migraines decreases. Receptors on the walls of blood vessels associated with pain, over the years, lose their sensitivity, which is beneficial for the well-being of elderly sufferers.