1, pay attention to sudden illness.
Many people in this age group will have chronic diseases in old age, such as the "three highs", chronic lung disease, heart disease, coronary heart disease, etc., where the discomfort should be timely medical care, do not ignore the details of the body's "cry for help", there is tightness in the chest, anterior cardiac pain, prolonged and violent Do not ignore the details of the body's "cry for help". Usually pay attention to the prevention of heart attack, cerebral infarction and other major emergencies. At the same time do a good job of monitoring and controlling high blood pressure, diabetes, etc., to prevent good complications.
2, must? To prevent fractures.
The old man's metabolism is slow, calcium absorption capacity is poor and fast loss, very easy to cause fractures. I have a 70-year-old old man because of the bath slip and fall upper arm fracture, because she has diabetes, the fracture site for many years it is difficult to heal, but also induced a heart attack, lung infections, etc., and finally the whole body is swollen, multiple organ failure and passed away. In the past few years, she lived an exceptionally painful, the upper limbs do not dare to move has been hanging, the quality of life has declined dramatically, a variety of diseases come one after another tormented her sleep and food, in her own words, "life is worse than death".
Elderly people should pay attention to preventing falls in their lives and travel, where fractures are not well healed, and overdue is not ideal.
3, timely prevention of constipation.
This problem may seem less important, in fact, very important. Not only for the timely elimination of toxins in the body, the important thing is that the elderly blood vessels are very fragile, defecation is difficult to force too much is easy to cause cerebral hemorrhage, especially hypertensive patients can not be ignored. I've seen several 60, 70 year olds because of defecation difficulties caused by cerebral hemorrhage, surgical treatment is like a different person, temperament change, recovery is slow, a very short period of the rest of the life difficult to take care of themselves, their own pain, but also to the loved ones to bring a huge spiritual pressure and economic burden.
4, the elderly disease, not a variety of drugs taken together.
To? Separate? The first thing you need to do is to take your medication separately. The first time I saw this was when I was a student at the University of California at Berkeley. The first is to take the medicines separately, and the interval between the medicines is half a day. to one hour. one hour. to avoid increased toxicity and chemical interactions between drugs that can lead to irreversible failure of vital organs. For example, some people have caused uremia because of several drugs taken together.
5, 70 years old? After? Don't stay home alone.
A lot of older people in their 70s are widowed, but also divorced and other reasons for their own single over. People are old, more or less reactive, dementia, sudden onset of certain diseases, etc., a person at home is too great a risk factor. Aphasia, loss of consciousness at the critical moment, even the ability to call for help may be gone, very dangerous.
So it is recommended that single elderly people over the age of 70 have someone around, even if it is a "partner life", you can let the children often come back to see if they have the money to hire a nanny to take care of it is also very good.
6, do a good job of avoiding a few.
One is to avoid strenuous exercise, the elderly to serve the old, don't try to show off, static and static, moderate exercise, don't disregard the physical conditions of the strenuous square dancing, traveling. Do not play mahjong for a long time, sedentary, etc.;
The second is to follow the laws of nature, avoid staying up late. The elderly sleep less, often sleep disorders, pay attention to diet and work and rest;
Three is to avoid everything more serious, bull's-eye, recognize the dead. People are old, to understand the advice and goodwill of others, and around the relatives, their partners and children are good relations, do not rely on the old, or will not be annoying, the end of life who do not love to take care of you to become a loner. What is a good family to talk about, the old age can listen to the children's specific arrangements and opinions, their own financial independence to go to the nursing home alone is also good.
7, regular medical checkups.
Age, to the hospital on a regular basis to physical examination, if the annual physical examination feel frequent, according to their own health status feel good two years of physical examination can also be.
You are 73 years old, I think the age is not too big, you can still find some fun in life. Do not feel lost, people living to this age should say very good, the rest of life is short but also to live a wonderful. You can listen to music, sunshine, read the headlines, find someone to talk to, read books, plant flowers, make food, forget age to every day as a holiday to live, will feel that life still love themselves, the future of the day are earned.
Wish you good luck and happiness in the Year of the Ox.
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