Column for October 16, 2022: Aging, drug use, and kidney function. Guldenroede, Berk and Koemis Koetjing can provide good services in this regard.

Now we have to realize that, as we get older, many body and organ functions lose a little bit of vitality… The cartilage around the joints can sometimes deteriorate in quality. Then osteoarthritis develops. The heart muscle can function less vigorously, so that heart failure is lurking. The lungs, and in particular the alveoli, can lose quality, resulting in a limitation in the supply of oxygen. The immune system becomes less active, resulting in: more susceptible to infections, the development and failure of so-called ‘wrong cells’, and numerous autoimmune diseases. The brain can also deteriorate in terms of vitality. The memory then becomes somewhat less and dementia can even occur. In short, we may be considerably older than a hundred years ago, but the years that we have ‘gathered’ over time do not always go smoothly…