Elderly people who do not want to eat and have no appetite may be due to factors such as excessive mental stress, as well as gastrointestinal disorders, endocrine disorders, psychiatric disorders, neurological disorders and other reasons.
1. Elderly people with excessive mental stress, lack of rest, overwork and other factors affecting the function of the gastrointestinal tract may experience the above symptoms.
2. Digestive diseases: after suffering from chronic gastritis, gastroduodenal ulcer, pancreatitis, cirrhosis of the liver, gastric cancer and other diseases, various digestive enzyme secretion disorders, gastrointestinal dysfunction leads to poor appetite, so this symptom appears.
3. Hypothyroidism: after hypothyroidism, the basal metabolic rate of the elderly is further reduced, and the gastrointestinal motility is weakened, resulting in indigestion, so the symptoms appear.
4. Mental illness: when the elderly suffer from depression, anxiety, schizophrenia and other diseases, not only anxiety and depression and other mental disorders, but also accompanied by fatigue and drowsiness, loss of appetite and other physical symptoms.
5. Neurological diseases: Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, cerebrovascular lesions and other diseases of the elderly, due to brain neuron degeneration, apoptosis or ischemic infarction, resulting in abnormalities of somatic motor and sensory functions, and the digestive system involved in the emergence of this symptom.
Elderly people who do not want to eat and have no appetite may be related to a variety of factors, and it is recommended to consult a doctor for a clear diagnosis.