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2010-01-31

Prevention and treatment of pneumonia in the elderly

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Prevention and treatment of pneumonia in the elderly
Systemic reactions due to the elderly poor, pneumonia, often without the typical symptoms, the incidence is covert, generally do not have fever, cough, chest pain, chills, etc. The main symptoms of pneumonia, thus making diagnosis difficult. Medical advances of today, pneumonia is no longer scared of people of incurable diseases, where appropriate antibiotics and symptomatic treatment, the general 10-2 days can be recovered. But why pneumonia frequently patronize the elderly, and become the old fear of the "killers" do?

According to statistics, pneumonia, over the age of 80 has become the first cause of death. As the old heart, lung, kidney function decline and other important organs, immune function is low, at high risk for respiratory tract infections secondary to pneumonia. If you have high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, heart disease and other chronic diseases, heart and kidney function decline faster than, less than half of middle-aged, or even 1 / 3. In this case, once the signs of trouble, infected with pneumonia, congestive heart failure can occur quickly. Therefore, age-related pneumonia and high mortality rate.

It is noteworthy that systemic reactions due to the elderly poor, pneumonia, often without the typical symptoms, the incidence is covert, generally do not have fever, cough, chest pain, chills, etc. The main symptoms of pneumonia, thus making diagnosis difficult. Therefore, the experts stressed that the discovery of age-related pneumonia and diagnosis is very important, which requires the patient, especially in the patient's family to know more about age-related pneumonia, common sense, on the other hand, the doctor should be a clear diagnosis of X-ray as the main basis.

Prevention of age-related pneumonia is critical. Winter is old age the highest incidence of pneumonia season, so the elderly should pay attention to cold warm to prevent cold cold. As suffering from upper respiratory tract infection, it is necessary for timely and thorough anti-infective therapy, to prevent develop into pneumonia. Suffer from chronic diseases, especially the merger of respiratory diseases for the elderly, should be actively treated, but also a periodic injection of pneumococcal vaccine. In addition, the elderly should be moderate and reasonable exercise, so that the body gradually adapt to changes in the weather hot and cold. Room ventilation should always keep the air fresh. But also to develop good habits, daily eat some nutritious, easy to digest food, more water, in order to facilitate sputum diluted exhaust, no smoking, no alcohol, as little as possible to go to noisy, dirty air in public places .

Before going to sleep at night, with hot water to fully Bubble hands and feet, make it warm congestion, about 10 minutes or so, so through the reflexes to the upper respiratory tract, nasopharynx telangiectasia, increased blood flow, local resistance increase.


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