Elderly people’s weakness and drowsiness may be caused by lack of rest, infectious diseases, endocrine diseases, insufficient blood supply to the brain, etc., which need to be treated with medication or surgery for the cause of the disease.
1. Lack of rest: the physical decline of the elderly body functions, the higher demand for sleep, prolonged fatigue, stay up late and other situations lead to insufficient rest, so will be weak and drowsy. This is a physiological situation, appropriate rest, pay attention to adequate nutritional intake can be.
2. Infectious diseases: the elderly bacteria, viruses and other microbial infections lead to upper respiratory tract infections, pneumonia, urinary tract infections and other diseases, the systemic inflammatory reaction caused by the above symptoms. According to the source of infection, antibacterial drugs such as penicillin, ceftazidime and moxifloxacin or antiviral drugs such as ganciclovir and ribavirin should be chosen for treatment.
3. Endocrine diseases: hypothyroidism leads to low metabolism and the symptoms, can eat levothyroxine sodium and other drugs; diabetic patients with pancreatic islet dysfunction leads to insufficient utilization of glucose, lack of energy and the symptoms, you can take metformin, dagliflozin and other hypoglycemic drugs or subcutaneous injection of insulin treatment.
4. Insufficient blood supply to the brain: Hyperlipidemia, vertebral artery cervical spondylosis, carotid plaque and other factors lead to insufficient blood supply to the brain, brain dysfunction and the emergence of this symptom. You can take medicines such as Rosuvastatin, Simvastatin or carotid artery endarterectomy for treatment.
Elderly weakness and drowsiness may also be anemia, mental illness and other reasons, need to consult a doctor to clarify the diagnosis, pay attention to the physician’s guidance on the use of medication.