Days cold, the old man beware of hypothermia syndrome

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        LiDaBo has entered the three score and ten in health, medical did not find evidence of disease. But in the past two years, every winter his health was decreased obviously, consciously dizziness, do not think of food, pale face, limbs cold cool, and often bedridden. The family sent him to the hospital inspection, in addition to the temperature in 36.1 ℃, other than other anomalies were found. By spring blossoms, these symptoms will gradually disappear. After the expert consultation, and finally was identified as the "old hypothermia syndrome".

        The old leads to low temperature syndrome for three reasons: one is less body heat production. People into old age, the body of each system and organization happened degenerative changes: food intake, sluggish metabolism, reduce the intake of nutrients in the metabolic process, through the liver and muscle oxidation and release the quantity of heat is greatly reduced, so prone to low temperature; The second is to reduce the temperature sensitivity. The old temperature regulating center hypothyroidism, to reduce the sensitivity of the temperature change, even if the room temperature is low also may feel not to come out, The third is to take some drugs can reduce temperature also can produce low temperature syndrome. Some old people for oral disease hibernate better, stability, methaqualone, methyldopa, amitriptyline and drugs. These drugs will be different degree to inhibit brain temperature regulating center, inhibition of peripheral vascular contraction, interference energy metabolic process, but also can reduce the old to the cold reactivity and adaptability to the environment of temperature, so that more reduce.

        Old hypothermia syndrome is an old man winter common one of serious illness. According to the statistical data show that: the north more than the south, the older men more than women, the incidence of a disease is higher. The main symptoms are consciously and cold afraid of the cold; The skin and pale, sometimes edema; Pulse thin, slow breathing, blood pressure is low; Cold limbs, don't want to get up, when the temperature drops to 35 ℃, patients will appear listlessness, sleepy and slow response, don't eat not to drink, don't understand relieve oneself without moving, stiff neck. Once the old appear these symptoms, shall be immediately sent to hospital treatment.

        Winter prevent the hypothermia syndrome from the following several aspects:

        1. The family prepare a thermometer, a winter to take care of the old man's body temperature observation and measurement. According to the temperature changes, timely add for the elderly have high quality, light and heat preservation performance good cotton fabrics, feathers, such as wool clothes and hats, gloves, cotton shoes and warm warm items.

        2. Strengthen nutrition, give high quantity of heat, high protein, high vitamin, delicate and goluptious, easy to digest food, to ensure that the elderly have enough quantity of heat supply to meet the needs of the metabolism. Two meal intermediate can increase the appropriate hot drinks, such as hot milk, etc. The body permission can also add drink JiangTangShui, light pepper soup and eat mutton, such as dog meat hot sex food. When necessary, also can give up from the winter solstice nourishing food in winter, such as take ginseng, velvet antler, astragalus, glue and royal jelly, etc.

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