Clinical management of geriatric diseases

  In the 1950s and 1960s, China classified the population over 60 years old as elderly. With a large population and a large base in China, the elderly are getting more and more kinds of diseases, which has become a social focus. Since the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee, the Party and the government have been paying great attention to this issue. Geriatric diseases have complex, hidden and atypical clinical manifestations, long duration and heavy disease, mainly common and frequent chronic non-infectious diseases, such as diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, cerebrovascular disease, osteoporosis, insomnia, dementia, depression, visual and hearing impairment, etc., and the coexistence of multiple diseases, multiple organs with the same disease, multiple complications and sequelae, so it is easy to misdiagnose and miss diagnosis, and the treatment is quite difficult, so the emphasis is on prevention and early The most important thing is prevention and early detection by physical examination.  Aging is a normal physiological process and natural law of a person, it is irreversible and inevitable, but it can be delayed or even prolonged. According to Chinese medicine, old age and weakness, lack of vital energy can lead to the decline of all five organs, treatment according to the characteristics of the specific choice, adhere to the principle of prevention before the disease, prevention of change, treatment of the disease to seek the root, support the righteousness of the evil and a small amount of medicine with good effect, acupuncture, massage, Chinese and Western medicine combined with a variety of methods to deal with. Due to the patient and his family, elderly patients will take a variety of inappropriate drugs, resulting in water-electrolyte, acid-base balance disorders, lung infection, mental, appetite loss and damage to organ tissues, etc., should pay attention to the actual starting point to avoid or reduce the use of drugs.  Older people should establish a correct outlook on life, values and old age, maintain a relaxed mood, emotional stability and regular rest and rest, quit smoking and drinking, low-salt and low-fat diet and appropriate activities, regularly monitor blood sugar and blood pressure to check the body, chat with people around, play chess, cards, square dance and practice Badaanjin, etc. to maintain a long-lived and ageless heart. Revolutionary Marshal Ye Jianying said, “The old man is happy to make the twilight ode, full of green mountains sunset bright”, I think it should be an attitude and belief to be pursued by the modern elderly.