Physical development in Early and Middle Adulthood

?

What generally happens is...

At their peak of physical fitness.

Manual dexterity also at peak.

After age twenty-eight, will start to slowly decline.

Also, at this point we would expect a female to also get pregnant.

1 of 9

Ages 19 to 25

  • Height - you get taller
  • Muscle mass increases
  • Peak physically
  • Peak fertility
  • Higher energy levels
  • Pregnancy
2 of 9

Ages 26 to 31

Generally pregnancy.

3 of 9

Ages 32+

Decline in fertility

Pregnancy

Perimenopause

4 of 9

What is lactation?

Breasts preparing milk.

5 of 9

What happens in pregnancy and lactation?

  • Lactation
  • Periods stop
  • Could get diabetes
  • Gain weight
  • Swollen feet
  • Increase in progesterone - maintains the pregnancy as it allows egg to bury in uterus
  • Increase in oestrogen - sickness, fresh hair, fresh skin
  • Shape of breasts change - gets circular
  • N*pples darken/ sensitive
  • Frequent urination
6 of 9

Perimenopause - definition and explanation

The perimenopause lasts around 4 years.

In our forties, women gradually make less oestrogen.

Her ovaries will stop making eggs.

7 of 9

Perimenopause - symptoms

  • Hot flushes
  • Night sweats
  • Loss of libido - libido = sex drive
  • Vagina dryness
  • Mood swings
  • Trouble sleeping
  • Urine leakage
8 of 9

45 – 55 The Menopause

This happens in early adulthood into middle adulthood.

Lasts maybe five years.

Large reduction of fertile eggs in ovaries.

Results in some shrinkage of sexual organs and sometimes a reduction in sexual interest.

Ending in menstruation.

Reduce oestrogen and progesterone.

May have problems like osteoporosis - where bobes become brittle and fragile.

Gonadotropins tries to produce eggs, body at conflict, causes irratibility, hot flushes and night sweats.

9 of 9

Comments

No comments have yet been made

Similar Health & Social Care resources:

See all Health & Social Care resources »See all Anatomy and physiology in practice resources »