Ten points of health care for the elderly
1 Eat reasonably. Eat less and more meals, eat low-fat food, and have a balanced nutrition.
2 drink alcohol properly. Drink more water and less alcohol.
3 Quit smoking. Quit smoking sooner or later. Smoking will increase the risk of heart disease or cancer and shorten life expectancy.
4 Take a walk. Walking is a better way to stay alert, flexible and healthy. Fresh air is better than tonic.
Seek more fun and keep in touch with family, friends and neighbors. Remember to live, study and teach.
6 positive and confident. Cheerful and optimistic people are easy to get close to you.
7 always be careful. Your life and the lives of others depend on your clear mind and clear vision.
8 sex life. There is no age limit for sexual life.
Exercise is good for you. Less strenuous exercise is good for your health, and it also allows you to get in touch with other people. Swimming and adaptive exercise are especially recommended.
10 drugs. Don't abuse antidepressants and sleeping pills. Only take the medicine recommended by the doctor.
Common sense of health care for the elderly
1, eight-character meridians, strengthening the body.
If we persist in "childlike innocence, soft turtle, monkey walking and ant nature", we can prolong our life.
Childlike heart: Try to keep a childlike heart, return to the psychological state of childhood, put aside all troubles and be an "urchin". In this way, the mind is calm and the immune system function is strengthened, so it is naturally not easy to get sick.
Guirou: Be careful to get along well with others like Guirou. Don't get angry over a trivial matter, let alone say hurtful words. If you often quarrel with others and get angry, you are prone to high blood pressure. Once you have high blood pressure and coronary heart disease, you are prone to cerebral hemorrhage and myocardial infarction.
Monkey walking: when people reach middle-aged and old age, they have little activity and lack of physical exercise, and their muscles will gradually shrink and their visceral functions will gradually decline. If you exercise as much as a monkey, you can make the blood flow smoothly in the body, and it is not easy to get cerebral thrombosis or myocardial infarction. At the same time, the functions of your body and internal organs can be maintained normally, and the aging process will be delayed, which will naturally prolong life.
Antness: when people reach middle age, their personalities tend to become more withdrawn. When they get into old age, they are more likely to suffer from autism and less willing to associate with others. It is easy to be entangled in troubles, and aging will come earlier. If you move in groups like ants, you can make yourself relaxed and happy by contacting, talking and communicating with others. Because chatting is also good for health, talking with the brain can accelerate brain movement and increase brain activity, thus promoting brain thinking and preventing brain aging.
2. Formation and standard of blood pressure
Blood pressure refers to the pressure on the arterial wall caused by blood flowing in blood vessels. Blood pressure is expressed in kPa kPa or mmHg. 1 kPa = 7.5 mm Hg. Blood pressure is divided into systolic pressure and diastolic pressure.
The standard of normal adult blood pressure is defined by WHO as: systolic blood pressure 90-140mmhg12-18.7kpa;
Diastolic pressure is 60-90mmHg8- 12Kpa.
3. How to determine hypertension
Whether blood pressure rises or not can only be determined by sphygmomanometer measurement. Most patients with hypertension are asymptomatic in the early stage, and a few will have dizziness, headache, insomnia, palpitation, shortness of breath, fatigue and tinnitus. But most of them are ignored, leading to serious consequences such as hypertension, heart disease and stroke. Middle-aged and elderly people should take the initiative to measure their blood pressure regularly. Hypertension is defined as blood pressure greater than or equal to 140/90mmHg. But it takes three tests on different days to confirm the diagnosis.
4. Causes of high incidence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, including arteriosclerosis, coronary heart disease, hypertension, cerebrovascular diseases, stroke, etc. , is the main disease threat to human health in China and even the world. In China, the cause of death is the first, especially cerebrovascular disease, with high mortality and disability rate. In recent years, the incidence rate has gradually increased, the main reasons are:
1 The prolongation of human life has increased the incidence of arteriosclerosis.
The incidence of infectious diseases, especially severe infectious diseases, has been controlled.
The improvement of living standards and the change of people's diet structure.
4. Intensified social competition, intense work and increased mental stress.
5. What is a stroke?
Stroke is an acute cerebrovascular accident, or "stroke". Include cerebral thrombosis, cerebral hemorrhage, cerebral embolism and subarachnoid hemorrhage. Among them, cerebral hemorrhage and subarachnoid hemorrhage are hemorrhagic strokes; Cerebral thrombosis and cerebral embolism are both ischemic strokes. Most patients showed hemiplegia and aphasia.
Incentives: hypertension, hyperlipidemia, hyperglycemia and diabetes, over 50 years old, high weight and obesity, swallowing, high salt diet, etc.
Prevention of cerebral hemorrhage: 1 Early detection and treatment of hypertension. 2 avoid emotional excitement. 3 avoid head trauma. Pay attention to hemorrhagic diseases and cerebral arteriovenous malformations. 5 light diet, low salt and low cholesterol diet, etc.
Prevention of cerebral thrombosis: 1 Control hypertension. Early detection and treatment of hyperglycemia and hyperlipidemia. Quit smoking and eat a low-salt and low-fat diet. 4 regular life, appropriate participation in physical exercise.
6. How to delay cerebrovascular sclerosis?
Properly control the intake of high cholesterol foods, such as fat meat, egg yolk, animal offal, etc. And effectively control blood pressure at a reasonable level. If you are hypertensive, keep your blood pressure at the upper limit of normal. Too high or too low is not conducive to brain circulation. Take part in appropriate sports activities and maintain an optimistic mental state. These are all measures to combat cerebral arteriosclerosis.
7. Foods with high animal fat and cholesterol: fat, animal internal organs such as liver, brain, kidney, lung, snail, cuttlefish, bone marrow, lard, egg yolk, cream, etc. Middle-aged and elderly people should avoid taking it frequently.
Foods low in animal fat and cholesterol: lean meat, chicken, lean duck, fish, bean products and other middle-aged and elderly people can often eat.
Health care knowledge of the elderly
STEP 1 six kinds of health food should be eaten enough every day.
With the increase of the age of the elderly, the functions of various parts of the body decline. To help the elderly improve their immunity, we should first eat enough calories, protein and other nutrients, that is, eat six kinds of food a day, including 1.5 ~ 4 bowls of whole grains, 3 ~ 8 portions of beans, fish and eggs, 3 ~ 5 portions of vegetables, 2 ~ 4 portions of fruits and 65438+ low-fat dairy products.
It is necessary to provide the elderly with food with high nutritional density, vegetables and fruits; High-quality protein starts with fish, beans and milk; Changing the staple food to whole grains can get more dietary fiber, vitamins and minerals than eating white rice.
"Oil" is also one of the key points, such as mustard oil, olive oil, deep-sea fish oil, a spoonful of nuts and so on. Among them, deep-sea fish oil can make the elderly eat more deep-sea fish, which is common in Taiwan Province Province, including tuna, snapper, hairtail, yellow snow, smoked tuna, or deep-sea grouper.
Eating black food improves immunity.
Eating all six foods is the basis of maintaining immunity. If you want to further enhance immunity, you can provide the elderly with polysaccharides, ganoderma lucidum, fungi and a diet containing anthocyanins. Black food contains a lot of polysaccharides and anthocyanins, such as auricularia auricula, black beans, black mushrooms, grapes, eggplant, cherries, blackberries and blueberries. In addition, onions and garlic are also recommended non-black foods; Fungi can be obtained from yogurt.
Vaccinate regularly against foreign enemies.
At present, there are vaccines for three common infectious diseases of the elderly: influenza, pneumonia and herpes zoster. After the age of 50, the elderly can be vaccinated with herpes zoster, influenza and Streptococcus pneumoniae one after another to gain immunity directly. For example, the epidemic influenza has caused many critically ill patients. According to CDC statistics, more than 90% of critically ill patients have not been vaccinated against influenza. Pneumonia ranks fourth among the top ten causes of death in China. Streptococcus pneumoniae is the main pathogen, and the elderly are at high risk.
Chickenpox and herpes zoster, commonly known as skin snakes, are caused by the same virus. Some people mistakenly think that people who have chickenpox in childhood will not get sick again in adulthood. In fact, the "varicella virus" will remain in the body. When the human immunity declines, that is, when it is sick or aging, it will be reactivated and become a "skin snake" in people's mouths.
The basic nutrients are enough for health care products to produce effects.
When the elderly can't get enough nutrition from the natural diet, their children can choose nutritious foods containing polysaccharides, ganoderma lucidum, fungi, anthocyanins or comprehensive vitamins for them.
Many people think that buying a can of multivitamins for parents can make up all the nutrients at once, but usually the calories consumed by the elderly are too small compared with those in protein. When the nutritious food they eat is insufficient in the three nutrients, these vitamins can't play a role in the body, and the excess will be directly excreted, which won't play any role.
The improvement of immunity depends not only on a certain food or nutrition, but also on mood, personal hygiene and even the habit of eating overnight dishes for the elderly. Therefore, children care about the health of the elderly, and it is better to rely on a can of comprehensive vitamins. It is better to spend more time with the elderly, make them happy, and personally check their lives.
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