Compared to illness, falling seems like a trivial matter. But it is too serious for the elderly to be fatal.
On May 22, Yuan Longping died. Xinhua News Agency reported that Yuan Longping, 91, accidentally fell while working in Sanya and was admitted to the hospital.
People enter old age from middle age, and the function of various organs of the body gradually declines, causing a series of changes in the physiology of the elderly, and the ability to adapt to the internal and external environment has also changed accordingly.
It is mainly manifested in the following aspects:
1. The cornea of the elderly gradually thickens, and the lens is cloudy and yellow, making the vision of the elderly blurred
Hearing loss is a problem that most older people have.
Older people often identify things by touching, tasting, and smelling.
2. The elderly are less sensitive to changes in the climate and environment such as temperature and humidity, and their adaptability becomes poorer, which is mainly due to the slowdown of metabolism in the elderly and the reduction of hormone secretion in the body.
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3. It is easy to produce rheumatism, hypertension and other chronic diseases of the elderly.
4. With the increase of age, the heart and cardiovascular function of the elderly have various changes.
5. The ability to think is reduced, memory is reduced, thinking activity is slowed down, and the ability to recognize and store information about the external environment is weakened.
Diseases in the elderly are not easily cured, and often lead to recurrence due to some minor diseases.
6. The range of motion of the joints will become smaller, the ability to move will decrease, and the agility and staying power will also decrease.
7. As the age gradually becomes shorter and lighter, the body will appear bent over and hunched back.
The bones will gradually become brittle, and the regenerative ability of the bone marrow will decrease.
Therefore, the elderly are prone to fractures when falling and the recovery period is very long
Just like a child who falls up and can run, and people will have corresponding changes in middle age, the degree of damage to the body becomes larger, it is difficult to recover in a short period of time, and the elderly are even worse, so they should pay attention to avoid falling injuries every day