A friend told Hanako a "magical thing", he met a doctor on the street, he is not familiar with the doctor, but he has seen it a few times when he went to the hospital for a physical examination before, and it is only a "nod friend". But the doctor said he had a problem walking and suggested he check his brain for CT.
He went to the hospital with a suspicious mentality to check the brain CT, and found a very small cerebral infarction lesion. He was followed by statins, which controlled low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels and aspirin to inhibit platelets. The doctor told him that the "bomb" in his head was temporarily stable, but he could only adhere to the regular medication in the future.
The friend asked Huazi, are doctors so magical, you can see the health problems from walking?
First, people who walk fast live longer
Huazi told a friend that walking is the most basic exercise of human beings, and experienced doctors can infer a person's health problems from the situation of walking, and even judge life expectancy. In related studies, the results showed that people who walked faster had a longer lifespan, and conversely, people who walked slower had a shorter lifespan.
In the elderly population, a normal walk of 1 minute can reach more than 50 meters. If you walk less than 30 meters in 1 minute, the risk of death increases. If you can walk more than 60 meters in 1 minute, your life expectancy is longer.
This is because healthy people have stronger bones and muscles, and the nervous system is more coordinated, and it is easier to maintain balance. So when walking normally, the speed will be faster.
But what you have to understand is that this refers to the speed at which everyone walks normally, not deliberately to walk fast. People who walk slowly, to force themselves to walk fast, can not achieve the purpose of prolonging life, but also may bring the risk of falling. That is, health will make us go faster, but deliberately walking fast does not make us live longer.
Second, abnormalities in walking may be related to disease
1, walking is not a straight line: if you walk, the body is biased to one side, it is difficult to walk in a straight line, you need to consider the problem of cerebral blood vessels. Cerebral infarction, cerebral hemorrhage will cause this situation, need to be checked in time, according to the specific cause of medication for prevention, to avoid more serious situations.
In the case of severe cervical and lumbar spine diseases, it may cause imbalance in the strength of the muscles of the lower limbs, and there may also be problems that cannot walk in a straight line.
2, walking is always "stumbling": when walking, even on the flat ground, there is always a "stumbling", which may be motor nerve damage. For example, cerebellar atrophy caused by aging, or cerebellar dysfunction caused by cerebral infarction and cerebral hemorrhage. Or there is a long-term alcoholism, resulting in nerve damage.
Whatever the cause of unsteadiness, be careful to avoid falling. The elderly basically have the problem of osteoporosis, and it is easy to cause fractures after falling. Long-term bed rest after fractures can easily lead to lung infections, which is one of the main causes of death in the elderly.
3. Leg pain and soreness when walking: If the knee joint is painful when walking, it may be degenerative osteoarthritis. Weight loss and adequate rest are needed to reduce excessive movement of the knee joint.
If you walk with sore, weak calves that can be relieved by rest, you may be limping intermittently. It may be caused by narrowing of the arteries of the lower extremities and insufficient blood supply, often occurring in "three high" people.
It should be noted that if you have diabetes, when the long-term blood sugar control is not good, peripheral neuropathy may occur, causing diabetic foot problems, causing damage to the muscles and nerves of the lower limbs, and there will also be pain, acidity and paresthesia in the lower limbs.
4, the pace becomes smaller, you can not control the speed: when walking, the pace becomes smaller, the movement is slow; or when walking can not control the speed of their own walking, there may be a situation of walking slower and slower or faster and faster; when there is uncontrollable trembling when stationary, you should be careful to guard against Parkinson's disease.
Parkinson's disease is due to aging, which leads to insufficient secretion of dopamine in the brain, resulting in neuromuscular motor disorders. Timely medical treatment and timely intervention with drugs can effectively alleviate symptoms and delay disease progression.
To sum up, walking is the most basic movement of human beings, when the body has diseases, it may cause damage to nerves and muscles, resulting in abnormal situations when walking. Experienced doctors can assess a person's health based on their walking status. I am a pharmacist Huazi, welcome to follow me and share more health knowledge.