Beijing Daily Client | Reporter Wang Dan
As the trend of aging in my country appears, pain has become the third biggest health problem after cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and tumors. The first "Cognitive Survey Report on the Prevention and Treatment of Common Pain in Middle-aged and Elderly" was recently released, involving 2,697 middle-aged and elderly people aged 50 and above. The survey results show that among the common pains of middle-aged and elderly people, skeletal muscle pain (cervical spine, lumbar back, intervertebral disc, etc.) account for the highest proportion, and the severity of the pain is underestimated. Nearly half of the patients choose to endure the pain, but the condition has not been intervened.
At present, there are far more than 300 million pain patients in my country, and they are growing at a rate of 10 million to 20 million per year. Pain is not only a disease or disease, but also affects the quality of life. Fan Bifa, director of the Pain Department of China-Japan Friendship Hospital, said that the long-term pain of is not effectively treated, which will seriously affect the quality of life and mental state of . Taking postherpetic neuralgia as an example, its pain covers most of the manifestations of neuropathological pain, such as pain like knife cutting, pain like needle pricking, numbing pain, etc. "Some cancer patients also told me that they are not afraid of death, but are afraid of pain."
The results of this survey show that the top four common pains in middle-aged and elderly people are: skeletal muscle pain (cervical spine, lumbar back, intervertebral disc, etc.), accounting for 80.4%; pain caused by diabetic neuropathy, accounting for 53.1%; head/maxillofacial pain, accounting for 48.4%; shingles-related pain, accounting for 40%. However, middle-aged and elderly people generally underestimate the severity of pain. 56.6% of middle-aged and elderly people generally suffer from at least two common pains. After the pain occurs, nearly half of middle-aged and elderly people choose to endure the pain, and the older they are, the more they choose to endure the pain.
In addition, some patients have worsened the progression of various diseases due to incorrect disease management and prevention cognition. Cheng Hao, director of the Department of Anesthesiology at Beijing Ditan Hospital, introduced that an elderly man who needs to take anticoagulants for a long time had shingles and took common painkillers, so he increased the dose without authorization. In less than a week, not only did the pain not be controlled, but also suffered severe gastric bleeding.
"The more you drag, the more you feel, the more you feel, and you can't find the right department" phenomenon is very common among middle-aged and elderly patients with pain. 53.1% of middle-aged and elderly people delayed their medical treatment for more than 3 days, and if they chose to seek medical treatment within 3 days, 60% of patients would basically not affect their normal life after treatment. 67.5% of middle-aged and elderly people need to go to at least two departments for medical treatment. The longer it delays, the more difficult it is to diagnose.
As we age, the organ functions of the human body gradually fade and immunity decreases. In addition, most elderly people have underlying diseases such as chronic diseases, and the risk of infectious diseases such as flu , pneumonia, and shingles increases significantly. In turn, it will aggravate basic diseases, making the treatment of diseases more complicated and the pain caused by the disease becomes more difficult to cure. Therefore, it is very important to manage and prevent pain in advance. Adequate sleep, regular exercise, and maintaining pleasure can all help prevent related diseases.
(Photo provided by: Visual China)
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