For physical examinations, some . The elderly feel that it is unnecessary to waste time. Some elderly people do not have this retirement benefit. Their children pay for the elderly to go for physical examinations, but they feel that they are wasting money and time and refuse to go for physical examinations.
Sometimes, the basic physical examination cannot be clearly defined, and the doctor will also recommend further examination, but the money for the examination must be calculated separately. The elderly are unwilling to waste money, and most of the time it will be left alone.
For example, Mr. Zhang, who just retired this year, has physical examination items in his unit, and he organizes retired elderly people to undergo physical examinations every year.
But after it was Uncle Zhang's turn, Uncle Zhang refused to agree to go for a physical examination, thinking that it was a waste of time. Is there any discomfort in my place? The children of the elderly have been persuading for a long time, but they did not persuade the elderly to go to the hospital for examination.
But one day, Uncle Zhang was playing cards with his friends, and suddenly fainted when he was excited. The card friends who played cards together were frightened and rushed Mr. Zhang to the hospital.
After a series of examinations, the hospital found that Uncle Zhang fainted because of hypertension caused blood vessel rupture and finally fainted.
Fortunately, I was sent to the hospital in time, but the elderly may have a certain impact on the quality of life in the later stage. The doctor asked again: "Don't the elderly themselves know that they have hypertension? Let me see the previous physical examination report."
The old man's family arrived, where did the physical examination report come from? The old man used to be and he didn't want to have a physical examination .
It is because Mr. Zhang is unwilling to have a physical examination on time that he has high blood pressure not been discovered in time, and it also endangers Mr. Zhang's life. Therefore, the physical examination helps us prevent diseases. We must not feel troublesome and do not do it if we think it is wasted money.
The following physical examination items are about the quality of life of elderly patients, so don’t forget to do it.
1. After the age of 55, these examination items must be done
The speed of body aging is also changing as we age. After the age of 55, as the body's hormone level decreases, the changes in the body are also changing with each passing day and are also the peak period for diseases to occur. Therefore, we must use physical examinations to kill the disease before it occurs.
The following tests mainly include multiple diseases in people after the age of 55:
We all know that the elderly are a group of people who are very prone to fractures, and the elderly recover more slowly after fractures than young children. There are also many elderly people who cannot tolerate surgery after femoral neck fractures and cannot undergo joint replacements. They may be traction for life and lying in bed.
When a person is over 55 years old, he officially begins to enter the old age. The ratio of organic matter to inorganic matter in the bones of adults is 2:8. The inorganic matter contained in the bones of the elderly will be further reduced, the brittleness of the bones increases, and the chance of fractures increases greatly.
So after entering the age of 55, we regularly monitor bone secretion. If there is any change, we can supplement calcium in time to increase bone secretion and reduce the chance of fractures.
Cardiovascular disease is a common disease in the elderly after the age of 55. Cardiovascular examination can effectively prevent most cardiovascular and heart diseases.
Many elderly patients suffer from chronic diseases such as hypertension and hyperlipidemia. These diseases cannot be well controlled for a long time and can also lead to vascular lesions.
For example, patients with hypertension will increase the fragility of blood vessels. When suddenly stimulating, it will cause the sudden rupture of blood vessels with higher fragility. The heart is the most abundant place in the whole body with blood vessels, and the chance of rupture is very high. Therefore, patients with hypertension will monitor their heart function at any time. The same is true for patients with hyperlipidemia, which may lead to blood vessel blockage and sudden myocardial infarction and other diseases.
1 Common methods for heart examination Electrocardiogram examination is also the most convenient and intuitive way to present. If there is any abnormality in the electrocardiogram, we can further use cardiac color ultrasound and echocardiography to clarify the cause.
Especially for elderly people with arrhythmia and who feel their heartbeats are very fast after activity, they should pay more attention.
The liver and kidney are the main metabolic and detoxification organs . People aged 55 and later, the liver and kidney work for a long time, bear high load work force, and are prone to lesions.
Especially for some patients who drink for a long time, As the largest detoxification organ, most of the alcohol will be detoxified through the liver. The liver is exposed to such substances for a long time and works for a long time, resulting in the liver's function degradation, so it is very necessary to check the liver's function monitoring.
There are also a large number of elderly male patients who have some urinary system diseases, such as prostate hypertrophy, and the early symptoms are not very obvious, but through examination of renal function, there will be an increase in creatinine, etc.
However, if the kidney or liver test is performed, finds abnormalities in the creatinine of the liver function and the kidney function, it cannot be confirmed immediately. Sometimes it may be closely related to the recent work and rest and dietary habits. For details, we should combine other imaging and physical examinations as the main focus.
Only by performing liver and kidney function examinations at any time can we determine whether the liver and kidney function are healthy. The elderly after the age of 55 must also undergo screening for liver and kidney diseases. They can undergo serological examinations for liver and kidney function, and also cooperate with color ultrasound examinations for abdominal pain.
blood routine contains many examination items. In addition to the necessary red and white blood cells, neutrophils, lymphocytes, lymphocytes, and other, to check the daily health and immunity, you can also check the glycated hemoglobin which reflects the blood sugar level in recent times.
Of course, it is the fastest way to measure blood sugar. Nowadays, pharmacies also have many blood sugar measurement instruments, which are very simple and the examination results are relatively accurate. Many people with high blood sugar are prepared for easy monitoring at any time.
In addition, many elderly people after 55 will experience a sharp decrease in activity after retirement, and their life pressure will decrease accordingly, which will lead to an increasing probability of obesity among people over 55 years old.
After the age of 55, many elderly people will suffer from some chronic diseases, so some blood routine examinations can also reflect the health status of the elderly in recent times.
These people who are over 55 years old recommend that they do the examination every year. Doing a good physical examination effectively prevents some diseases, and to a certain extent saves money for the elderly. They should take the physical examination correctly and actively do the physical examination. There are some things we must pay attention to before the physical examination.
2. Precautions before physical examination
Before physical examination, we should pay attention to booking a time for physical examination for them in advance. If children have time, try to accompany them. The elderly are actually like children who have not grown up. They will also feel lonely and want others to accompany them.
For routine blood tests, be careful to not eat
When doing an electrocardiogram, you must ensure sufficient rest time to avoid overwork, etc. When doing an abdominal color ultrasound, you must pay attention to ensuring the fullness of the bladder, especially the examination of the abdomen and uterus and accessories of the female abdomen.
Then when doing CT and X-ray examination, please pay attention to reminding the elderly not to wear metal clothes and accessories.
Doctors should pay attention to problems found during physical examinations. If there are any consequences caused by bad habits, they should pay attention to correct them in a timely manner.
Physical examination is a means for the elderly to check their health. I hope that the elderly who are older than 55 years old will have a physical examination on time every year, especially the four types of physical examinations that are appealed must not be ignored.
In addition to physical examinations to test health, the elderly should also pay attention to ensuring healthy living habits and healthy lifestyles.
3. How to keep healthy for elderly people over 55
Most of the elderly people over 55 have retired and have more time to maintain a healthy living habit.
Go to bed early and get up early: maintains enough sleep time to ensure that all organs of the body have enough time to rest, maintain normal metabolism, which is more conducive to our health.
Adjust exercise: htmlThe joints of the elderly after the age of 155 will actually show degeneration. Excessive exercise may increase the burden on the joints and lead to joint lesions. The organic matter in the bones of the elderly may decrease, and strenuous exercise may also lead to fractures.
Therefore, proper exercise is more conducive to the elderly to maintain health while not increasing the burden on their bodies. The recommended exercises are mainly Tai Chi and jogging.
Reasonable eating habits: You should also pay attention to eating, avoid some greasy foods, eat more meat with less fat content, such as chicken, etc., eat more vegetables, and reduce fat intake.
After age than 55, our bodies have begun to decline. Physical examinations are an effective means to prevent diseases, but not all examinations must be done. We can screen the elderly based on the diseases that the elderly are prone to suffering from. Some examinations are necessary.
Just like the example of Mr. Zhang, we completed these physical examination items early, effectively preventing the further deterioration of hypertension. When the disease begins to develop, it will slowly adapt to certain characteristics of our body. It is very difficult to detect. When the patient has a clear sense of discomfort, the disease is often irrescueable.
Physical examination can help us excrete most diseases, especially after we are older than 55 years old, we cannot rely solely on a healthy lifestyle to maintain health. Physical examination is also a good means to maintain health.
- References:
- [1] "8 precautions and taboos before physical examination" Xiong Chaying 2019-8-26
- [2] "How to choose physical examination items" Zhu Feng 2021-12-31
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