The most common causes of muscle atrophy in the elderly are long-term braking, nutritional deficiencies, muscle or nerve diseases, etc.
1. Prolonged braking: elderly patients are prone to fractures or other diseases, and usually need to stay in bed after the disease, and prolonged lying in bed will easily cause the loss of muscle mass, which will lead to the symptoms of muscle atrophy.
2. Malnutrition: the elderly due to gastrointestinal diseases or other reasons, resulting in insufficient intake of protein, vitamins and other nutrients, it is easy to cause a reduction in the synthesis of protein in the body, resulting in muscle atrophy.
3. Muscle or nerve disease: if the patient has diabetes, malignant tumors, infections and other diseases, it is also easy to cause endocrine system disorders, muscle atrophy.
Causes of muscle atrophy in the elderly more reasons, if accompanied by obvious symptoms, should promptly go to the hospital to identify the cause of the disease, targeted treatment.