accumulation

Accumulation is the action and effect of accumulating. The term comes from the Latin word accumulation and is linked to verb that refers to pile or gather something. For example: "The accumulation of waste has left a foul smell in the streets of the center", "No one can justify the accumulation of wealth in a few hands when we all work very hard for the progress of the country", "I suggest you end the accumulation of old magazines: soon we will not have space to store our clothes".

It is possible to accumulate all kinds of objects. A collector accumulates what interests him and that allows him to develop his collectionWhether they are empty bottles, stamps, envelopes, boxes of different types, vinyl records, video games, model cars, coins or bills, among the many possibilities.

Accumulation can be temporary or permanent. In the case of collections, the accumulation is intended to be permanent, since the value of the job it resides in maintaining and expanding accumulation. On the other hand, if garbage accumulates in the street due to a strike by the collectors, it will be a temporary accumulation.

It should be noted that accumulation can result symbolic. A person You can accumulate to-dos: ironing clothes, going to the market, making an appointment with your GP, etc. These tasks will be accumulated among their obligations to fulfill until, effectively, they are specified.

On programming large amounts of calculations are usually performed per second, and for this the loops, a statement that is repeated a specified number of times, as needed. Within a loop there can be many lines of code, and it is common to keep track of the number of times all or some of them have been executed and to accumulate certain values ​​in a variable; If many geometric figures have to be analyzed, for example, this can be used to find out how many of them are squares and to add their surfaces.

Diogenes syndrome

It is known by the name of Diogenes syndrome yet disorder behavior, generally associated with older people who live alone. Its main characteristic is the accumulation of all kinds of household waste and garbage in the house itself; on the other hand, people affected by this syndrome tend to isolate themselves voluntarily and abandon their personal hygiene and social relationships.

The age at which this disorder usually appears is usually over 50 years, although this does not prevent it from manifesting in a very young person, since the main trigger is the feeling of loneliness. In general, the accumulation of waste, many of which is collected on public roads, begins after the death of a loved one or after a separation that the subject cannot overcome.

Just as the age group is not exclusive, neither is the intellectual level or the status Social: There are people with university studies and very successful careers who suffer from this syndrome. As a curious fact, it is possible to acquire the disorder by living with someone who suffers from it, although these are isolated cases in which both tend to share the same unresolved penalties.

To determine the most appropriate treatment for each patient's situation, a prior evaluation is necessary in order to determine the pathology that causes this behaviour. The fundamental task of doctors is to prevent their patients from returning to the starting point once a treatment has begun, for which they usually resort to hospitalization in a social institute, or to follow up based on home visits.

One of the biggest challenges in medicine when it comes to treating this peculiar disorder is that patients are not aware of their problem, since they tend to see the accumulation of garbage as a necessary action to avoid that valuable objects are wasted in a way negligent.