There are four major diseases in the elderly: first, cardiovascular disease; second, diabetes; third, dementia; and fourth, osteoporosis. Among them, cardiovascular disease is the most important and dangerous disease.
Now is the century of aging. Older people more than 10% is an aging society, and Hangzhou has already exceeded it. Now there are 130 million elderly people in China, and by 2020 the population over 65 years old will reach 11.5%. The group is increasing, so the state and society will put more effort into it, which will bring a boon to our elderly people.
We should understand the characteristics of the elderly, what is the current situation of the elderly survival.
Surviving with illness is a characteristic of the elderly, but surviving with illness can live up to 90 years old!
25% of the elderly over 65 years old have to be sick. Surviving with illness is a characteristic of the elderly; some of them are in a bad mood when they get sick, but in fact, their condition can be controlled. Some elderly people go to the hospital for physical examination and find a dozen of diseases come and they are afraid. Some diseases are degenerative, so the elderly can live up to 90 years old with diseases, take this opportunity to convey the message that it is okay to live with diseases, do not be afraid.
Today we are talking about cardiovascular disease, what factors are related to cardiovascular disease? The changes, hardening and degeneration of the blood vessel wall are related to age, genetics and lifestyle.
1, genetics and cardiovascular disease
Even if you do not have high blood pressure, but your parents have high blood pressure, there is a risk of getting high blood pressure, so if there is high blood pressure in the family, the next generation must be regularly checked, early detection, in addition to heart disease, diabetes is also hereditary.
2, age and cardiovascular disease
Cardiovascular disease is related to age, age, the degeneration of various organs, degeneration will cause cardiovascular disease, vascular changes, for example: for example, a ball of leather is very elastic when it is pressurized, it will increase, after it increases the pressure inside the same. When the ball is hardened, the pressure will not increase, the pressure will increase, and this is hypertension. Therefore, the proportion of people suffering from hypertension is high in old age, and the hardening of blood vessels has a great relationship with the increase in age and the deterioration of the elasticity of blood vessels.
We need to know that cardiovascular disease is related to genetics and age, but these two things we can not change, can not change how to do? Go to the examination as soon as possible, find out on the treatment.
3.Lifestyle and cardiovascular disease
For example, northerners eat more salt, more hypertension, our normal people require 6 grams of salt is enough, the northerners are 18 grams, high salt is a factor, but also a smoking, smoking is an important cause of vascular atherosclerosis, cardiovascular disease is how it comes, because our body is everywhere is a blood vessel, blood vessels are like a river, the vessel wall is the river bank, blood is the river, the river to flow smoothly, the river bank must be smooth. After the hardening of the blood vessels, the river bank will not be smooth, the river will not flow smoothly, but also easy to appear in the blood vessel wall thrombus, thrombus where to fall where the blockage, fall brain on the brain infarction.
There are also high sugar, high fat, overeating, lack of exercise and other poor lifestyle is also an important factor in causing cardiovascular disease. Now obesity is very serious, we must pay attention to their body shape, control obesity. Because of obesity, it can cause high blood pressure, diabetes and other diseases. So we have to know how to choose food and pay attention to exercise.
4, personality traits and cardiovascular disease
In addition to diet, but also pay attention to psychological pressure, personality traits. Psychological factors and genetics, childhood experiences have a lot to do with the things that can not be solved in childhood, the trauma suffered will become the psychological subconscious in adulthood, and even become a psychological disorder. Therefore, we should give more warmth to our grandchildren’s childhood. The main reason why hypertension and diabetes are getting younger is because of social development, which leads to a fast-paced and high-stress life nowadays. Middle-aged people have a high incidence of cardiovascular disease because of the stressful life and various factors in their lives that affect their normal lifestyles.
The relationship between type A personality and cardiovascular disease is highlighted here. type A personality is characterized by a strong sense of time urgency, the pursuit of perfection, and often in a highly competitive state. They are usually social leaders, successful people, work very hard and live a very stressful life. According to statistics, the probability of getting cardiovascular disease is very high in A-sex personality people. If you yourself or your family is this kind of personality, you must pay attention to adjust their mindset, to learn to let go of work, focus on the balance of career and health. Learn to face stress and challenges easily, so that his physical state will become better. In addition, disease recovery adjustment is also related to a person’s personality traits. When you have the disease, you should face the reality, do not be too nervous, anxious, fearful, depending on how you treat it, good attitude, the disease will be reduced by half.
5. Other high-risk factors that induce cardiovascular disease.
(1) metabolic syndrome (pre-diabetes)
There is a process of diabetes formation, the first few years because of poor diet, forcing the body to secrete very high levels of insulin to promote cellular use of calories. After a few years the secretion of the pancreas is depleted and the number of human pancreatic islets decreases, this stage is the pre-diabetes. Diabetes is known as the processing plant of the disease. Once you have diabetes, the body’s blood vessels, both large and small, will harden very quickly. The World Health Organization considers that having diabetes is equivalent to having cardiovascular disease, so it is called the equal risk of coronary heart disease.
(2) Thrombotic disease
Older people pay special attention to hip health care. After hip fracture, they cannot move and are prone to thrombosis. After hip replacement, anticoagulants should be used, otherwise they will get thrombosis, which is called pulmonary embolism when the thrombus falls. Therefore, we should pay special attention to the protection of the hip joint.
Heart and brain thrombosis is also dangerous, you know, heart muscle cells and brain nerve cells can not be regenerated after death. So
In winter, less activity, drink less water, the elderly should check themselves, some elderly people have poor thirst, do not know mouth to drink, so remind each other, drink some water, and a point to often look at their legs swollen or not. Some elderly people do not know that their legs are swollen, and we need to pay more attention to people around us.
The above is the relationship between cardiovascular disease and other aspects, the following is how to prevent?
1, prevention of cardiovascular disease, the first to change the lifestyle
How to prevent, two major factors that affect us can not change one is genetics, the second is age. So we can change the first thing to change is the lifestyle, to form a scientific way of life.
How to change, to give you a sentence, “control your mouth, let go of your legs” control your mouth, not to say that nothing to eat, to eat reasonable, nutritious. Milk is very good, found that people who often drink milk, not easy to osteoporosis, many people do not like to drink milk, you can learn, first drink yogurt, and then slowly drink milk.
When eating meat. Remember the phrase, “eat less red meat, eat white meat”, red meat including pigs, sheep, beef, red color, high calorie, white meat refers to chicken, duck, fish meat, low calorie. And animal offal eat less. Some elderly people say, then I do not eat anything, eggs are not eaten, only eat vegetables, then the cerebral blood vessels are not strong, nutrition will also be unbalanced, other nutrients are not enough supply.
After we eat, we have to exercise. Exercise should be quantified, the best exercise is walking, and we should choose the right exercise for ourselves. How to walk, go out for a walk after eating, depending on your heart condition, generally walk 6,000 steps, 10,000 steps if your body is good. If shortness of breath, should immediately stop. Can not be heroic.
2, adjust the character, adjust the mood, suggest cadres: outside is the leader, go home do not do the leadership
As already mentioned, the probability of cardiovascular disease is very high in people with type A personality, so you must learn to adjust your personality and mood. Here is a special advice to cadres, outside is a leader, back home, do not be a leader, put down the power, responsibility will also be put down, adjust the mood, relaxed mood. There is a saying that “the mood of the elderly, is the immunity of the elderly”. People who are in a bad mood, stressed out, and often depressed are also prone to cancer.
Reducing the source of emotional impatience and stress is also an important way to regulate mood. Older people should achieve three good things: good personality, good mood, good interpersonal relationship (family, neighbors), etc. Good personality is the basis of good interpersonal relationship, and interpersonal relationship is very important. When interpersonal relationship is good, the mood is naturally good.