Compare and contrast primary aging and secondary aging. Make sure to give several examples of what might happen during each of these processes.
What will be an ideal response?
Primary aging includes universal age-related changes within a species that are independent of disease and environmental influence. Some examples include hearing loss, gray hair, skin wrinkles, cataracts, hair loss, stiffness, and loss of height. Secondary aging includes disease, pathology, and clinical symptoms. Examples of secondary aging include Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, glaucoma, macular degeneration, stroke, osteoporosis, atherosclerosis, heart disease, cancer, and arthritis.
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