Abnormal or unpleasant odors may be caused by diseased or necrotic tissue in the respiratory or upper gastrointestinal tracts, including mouth and nasal cavity. Diseased teeth are a common cause in dogs and cats. In addition, certain metabolic diseases may produce distinctive breath odor, e.g. ketoacidosis, uremia.
Practically elderly is a person who needs special consideration due to advanced age. Which can happen in late 50s or in late 80s. If he or she can punch your lights out for calling them elderly, and you cannot run from them either, they possibly aren't.
Health maintenance and preventive measures contribute to the maintenance of independent function and quality of life in the elderly individual. 1  As with younger adults, optimization of management of chronic and acute disease processes helps to maintain optimal health in elderly patients.