Unbearable legs and feet, poor memory, muscle symptoms ... Be wary of the "signal" from elderly syndrome

There are more than 660 million people over the age of 60 in my country, and their health is related to the happiness of millions of families. Recently, during the visit of some hospitals, the reporter found that more and more elderly people were diagnosed as elderly syndrome.

Know the elderly syndrome to protect the health of his old age

Ms. Zhan in Shanghai is 65 years old. In recent days, she always feels that her legs and feet have no strength, and their appetite has decreased significantly. She wants to come to the hospital to see.

Ms. Zhan: I usually eat a bowl, and now I eat a small half bowl. Living on the 3rd floor, climbing the stairs is still okay. Now it is difficult to climb the stairs, sleep well, and want to lose your temper.

To this end, the doctor conducted a comprehensive assessment of the nutritional situation, grip, steps, sleep, and mental state of the exhibition through the hospital's comprehensive ability assessment system, which is in line with some characteristics of elderly syndrome.

Hu Yu, Director of the Elderly Medical Department of Zhongshan Hospital affiliated to Fudan University: Elderly syndrome is a gathering of some symptoms of the elderly. For example, it includes cognitive incompleteness, muscle disorder, malnutrition, constipation, and so on. Of course, if the elderly are accompanied by a variety of chronic diseases, for example, high blood pressure and diabetes are very common chronic diseases, which may increase the symptoms of elderly syndrome.

Elderly syndrome: It is recommended to have diet and exercise intervention under the guidance of a doctor

Experts introduced that the incidence of elderly syndrome is higher in the crowd. Data show that falling is the starting factor of accidental injury of the elderly over 65 years old in my country, with an incidence of 30%, of which at least 10%of the falling people will cause serious injuries.

The incidence of Alzheimer's disease was 5%, and the incidence increased significantly with age. The incidence of depression is 10%to 20%, and more than 50%of the elderly have symptoms of insomnia. These belong to the elderly syndrome, which will directly affect the quality of life of the elderly. It is recommended to go to the hospital as soon as possible to evaluate, and under the guidance of the doctor, the diet and exercise intervention.

While ensuring nutrition, moderate exercise is also important. Jogging, fast walking, swimming, eight -segment Jin, square dance, etc. are all suitable for older friends.

Hu Yu, Director of the Elderly Medical Department of Zhongshan Hospital affiliated to Fudan University: Of course, we must prevent another extreme. For example, if you take the road of tens of thousands of steps a day, the Achilles tendon goes off and the knee joint goes away. Therefore, we must exercise reasonable and scientific and healthy, and then take care of the exercise of heart and lungs, weights, and balance.

Know the elderly syndrome, let the muscles be healthy

In the elderly syndrome, there is a kind of muscle disorder. In popular terms, muscle loss is very harmful to the elderly, but this phenomenon is also easy to ignore. So, how important muscle is the health of the elderly?

One of the eight elderly people in my country suffers from muscle laxation every 8 elderly people

The full name of muscle dysfunction is muscle attenuation syndrome. It is due to the decrease in muscle strength and function caused by the elderly caused by age. Symptoms such as thinning, weak hands and feet, and slow movement of the elderly are typical manifestations. Studies from the National Elderly Medicine Research Center show that one of the average people in my country has one person with muscular disease every eight elderly people.

Ma Lina, chief physician of the senior medical department of Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University: As the saying goes, it is difficult to buy old and thin. In fact, this is a misunderstanding of our elderly. The harm of muscle reduction is very serious, and it can cause fractures and falls lightly. At the same time, it may be obstacles to the swallowing function.

Experts introduced that the human body's muscle function began to decline from the age of 35. Although muscle symptoms are related to the increase in age, not all elderly people will have muscle symptoms. Experts suggest that the elderly should be balanced to ensure the intake of protein such as meat, eggs, milk, and soy products. In terms of exercise, anti -resistance training can be used with elastic bands, dumbbells, etc. to enhance muscle strength.

How to quickly identify muscle musical disease?

Ma Lina, chief physician of the senior medical department of Xuanwu Hospital of the Capital Medical University: There is a simple ring experiment, then the circle of hands, the thumb and index finger are placed in the most thicker place in the calf. Then if this circle is not enough, it is just right, and it is easy to indicate the risk of muscle laxation.

Experts are particularly reminded that young people do not exercise for a long time, or have too little meat intake during weight loss, severe muscle loss, and can also cause muscle dysfunction.

(Source: CCTV News Client)

【Edit: Shang Pei】

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