The elderly who pass this CAP would age better health than others.
More than living for a long time, we all aspire to live long healthy. And it’s not just a question of luck. What is observed in people around sixty can already say a lot about the upcoming health trajectory. At this age, certain fragility signals, visible or not, begin to draw a more or less favorable path for the following years. The good news? After a certain age, the risk of developing a chronic disease would drop clearly.
When we talk about chronic disease, we include long -term, often scalable diseases, which require regular medical monitoring and can lastingly impact quality of life. They do not heal themselves completely but can be stabilized and controlled. Hypertension, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases (infarction, stroke), cancers, respiratory diseases (such as asthma), renal or neurodegenerative diseases (Alzheimer’s, Parkinson, etc.): all are part of it. These pathologies, often accompanied by signs such as sarcopenia, light cognitive disorders or geriatric syndromes, tend to settle insidiously around sixty and can deeply influence the continuation of aging.
Aging is at the heart of a concept called “compression of morbidity”. Formulated in the 1980s by Dr. James Fries, an American epidemiologist, he designates the idea that the longer we stay in good health, the shorter the end -of -life disease phase, as explained in the National Library of Medecine. In other words, repelling the appearance of chronic diseases not only makes it better to age, but also to reduce the time spent undergoing their impact. “The beginnings of chronic diseases, it is from 60 years” Reminds us of Pré Éric Boulanger, professor of medicine and aging biology. According to him “If we reach 75 years without having declared chronic diseases, in general, we are not going to develop new ones.”
After the 75 -year -old heading in good health is therefore, for this specialist, a real success: “From the age of 75, we are not too old, but we can go on a bad path in terms of health.” The stake of aging at this age is to preserve autonomy as long as possible. A bad lifestyle is the main factor to monitor. To reduce complications, it is better to stop tobacco, moderate your alcohol consumption, adopt a balanced diet, move every day, and regularly consult your attending physician. Certain pathologies, such as hypertension or diabetes, can evolve in silence for years. Prevent remains better than cure.
Thank you to Pr Éric Boulanger, professor of medicine and biology of aging and medical director of the Tempoform program ©.
