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Inflammation in aging part 2: implications for health of older people and recommendations for nursing practice

Inflammation in aging part 2: implications for health of older people and recommendations for nursing practice
Inflammation in aging part 2: implications for health of older people and recommendations for nursing practice
Aging is accompanied by declining function and remodeling of body systems. In particular, changes to the immune and endocrine systems have far-reaching effects that cause an increase in cytokine release and decrease in anti-inflammatory feedback systems. The chronic inflammation that ensues has been named "inflammaging." Inflammaging is associated with many detrimental effects that combine to increase morbidity and mortality. The sickness behavior that arises from inflammatory processes and the side effects of chronic diseases lead to a constellation of symptoms that decrease quality of life and affect the well-being of the individual. Part 2 of this two-part article provides an overview of the health effects of inflammaging, addressing the extent to which it contributes to the syndromes of frailty and disability with aging
1099-8004
253-260
Hunt, Katherine J.
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Walsh, Bronagh M.
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Voegeli, David
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Roberts, Helen C.
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Hunt, Katherine J.
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Walsh, Bronagh M.
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Voegeli, David
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Roberts, Helen C.
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Hunt, Katherine J., Walsh, Bronagh M., Voegeli, David and Roberts, Helen C. (2009) Inflammation in aging part 2: implications for health of older people and recommendations for nursing practice. Biological Research for Nursing, 11, 253-260. (10.117/1099800409352377). (Submitted)

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Aging is accompanied by declining function and remodeling of body systems. In particular, changes to the immune and endocrine systems have far-reaching effects that cause an increase in cytokine release and decrease in anti-inflammatory feedback systems. The chronic inflammation that ensues has been named "inflammaging." Inflammaging is associated with many detrimental effects that combine to increase morbidity and mortality. The sickness behavior that arises from inflammatory processes and the side effects of chronic diseases lead to a constellation of symptoms that decrease quality of life and affect the well-being of the individual. Part 2 of this two-part article provides an overview of the health effects of inflammaging, addressing the extent to which it contributes to the syndromes of frailty and disability with aging

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Submitted date: 23 November 2009

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Local EPrints ID: 69904
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/69904
DOI: 10.117/1099800409352377
ISSN: 1099-8004
PURE UUID: e9ea3ba7-7a49-4838-a34a-929df032bf2c
ORCID for Bronagh M. Walsh: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-1008-0545

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Date deposited: 10 Dec 2009
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 02:42

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Author: Katherine J. Hunt
Author: David Voegeli
Author: Helen C. Roberts

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