THE INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM.

The deep effects of the aging on the skin are not demonstrated until the end of the fifth decade of the life.

The majority of these changes takes place in the dermis.

Pictures. Thinner and fragile skin. The thickness of the dermis falls in a 20%. The skin becomes almost translucent and provides less protection against the invasive organisms.

Another changes that take place are that the skin heals worse and are more susceptible to the development of diseases like cancer most leather, itching and ulcers.

*The nurse have to watch and to control the skin of the old patient. Realising the necessary valuations.

The sebaceous glands diminish their size: greater incidence of insolations in old.

*To get a suitable hydration. To maintain a suitable temperature.

The reduction of collagen production. It produces that the skin is less flexible implying greater susceptibility to the tear injuries.

*Valuation of the skin.

The reduction of the function of the gland sudorípara, contributes to the dryness of a skin, that is broken.

*To hydrate skin. These injuries can become vestibules of entrance of bacteria and cause to cutaneous injuries majors.