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"You can't be careless when your legs and feet are numb." Dr. Zhang frowned and looked at Aunt Liu in front of him, with a bit of warning in his tone.
Aunt Liu, 66 years old this year, has always been tough. She is usually an enthusiastic community volunteer, likes to dance square dances, and often organizes morning exercises for aunts in the community. But recently, Aunt Liu always felt that her legs and feet were numb, and even almost fell down a few times. This made her, who has always been healthy and confident, have to face up to this problem, so she came to the hospital to see Dr. Zhang for a check-up.
Dr. Zhang carefully inquired about Aunt Liu's daily habits and arranged a series of tests, and the final result made him very worried. Aunt Liu has a severe blood clot in her lungs, which has triggered the symptoms of pulmonary embolism, which is an extremely dangerous condition that can lead to suffocation or even death if she is not careful.
"Dr. Zhang, I usually live so healthy, how can I get this disease?" Aunt Liu looked puzzled.
Dr. Zhang sighed helplessly: "Aunt Liu, the problem is that your seemingly healthy lifestyle habits actually hide a lot of health risks. ”
Aunt Liu's profession is a retired middle school physical education teacher, who usually loves sports, eats lightly, and often participates in various health lectures. Hearing the doctor's diagnosis, she couldn't believe it.
Dr. Zhang began to explain her condition to Aunt Liu in detail: "Your situation is caused by three habits in the final analysis. The first is a long period of sedentary activity. Although you participate in morning exercises and square dancing every day, do you often sit and watch TV or play on your phone when you are at home? ”
Aunt Liu thought about it carefully, and it was true. She likes to watch TV series, sometimes sitting for hours at a time.
Dr. Zhang continued, "Sitting still for long periods of time can lead to poor blood flow and easy blood clots. Once these blood clots enter the lungs, they can trigger a pulmonary embolism. ”
Aunt Liu suddenly realized that the seemingly harmless habit would have such a big risk.
"The second habit is that although you eat a light diet, you don't have enough nutrients, especially some antioxidant foods." Dr. Teo continued, "Antioxidant foods can help prevent hardening of blood vessels and reduce the formation of blood clots. ”
Aunt Liu thought about it, her diet is indeed vegetarian, and she rarely eats meat and fruits.
"The third habit is that you usually drink too little water." Dr. Zhang concluded, "Adequate hydration can help the blood maintain its proper viscosity and prevent it from clotting into blood clots. ”
Aunt Liu realized that the small details in her life could have such a big impact on her health.
In order to give Aunt Liu a better understanding, Dr. Zhang gave a few more specific cases.
"Last month, our hospital received an uncle of the same age, who insisted on running every day, but because his diet was too greasy, his blood lipids were too high, and he still had pulmonary embolism. There is also an Aunt Chen, who eats very lightly every day, but never drinks water, and the result is the same. ”
In order to let Aunt Liu understand thoroughly, Dr. Zhang also listed some specific data for her.
"According to the latest research, people who sit still for long periods of time have a twice as high risk of pulmonary embolism as people who are normally active. And people who are deficient in antioxidant foods also have an increased risk of hardening of the arteries by more than 50%. In addition, people who consume enough water every day will maintain a relatively stable level of blood viscosity, and the chance of blood clots will be greatly reduced. ”
Dr. Zhang's words made Aunt Liu feel a lot of emotion, it turned out that the healthy lifestyle she had always been proud of had so many dangers hidden.
After Aunt Liu returned home, she began to re-examine her living habits. She decided to reduce her sit-in time from now on, eat more antioxidant-rich foods, and drink enough water.
Aunt Liu nodded again and again, saying that she would definitely pay more attention in the future.
A few months later, Aunt Liu came to the hospital again for a follow-up. Dr Teo happily told her that her health had improved significantly.
This is the end of the story. Aunt Liu's experience has led her to become a health promoter in the community, and she uses her own experience to tell more of her neighbors how these seemingly inconsequential habits affect their health.
This brings me to a derivative question: how to maintain healthy living habits while maintaining efficiency in the fast-paced life of modern times?
First of all, modern life is fast-paced, and many people find it difficult to avoid sitting still for long periods of time. This can be improved by adjusting the way we work. For example, get up and move every hour to stretch your limbs and improve blood circulation. You can also use a standing desk at work to increase your physical activity.
Secondly, in terms of diet, we should consume a balanced intake of various nutrients, especially increase the intake of antioxidant foods, such as fruits and vegetables rich in vitamins C and E, nuts and green tea. These foods can help remove free radicals from the body, protect blood vessel health, and reduce the formation of blood clots.
In addition, water intake control is also very important. Adequate hydration should be consumed every day, and adults are generally recommended to drink at least 8 glasses of water a day to maintain the body's normal metabolism and blood fluidity.
In general, it is not difficult to maintain a healthy lifestyle, and many diseases can be effectively prevented by paying more attention to daily life and arranging time and diet reasonably.
Through Aunt Liu's story, we can see that although small habits may seem insignificant, they have a profound impact on health. I hope that everyone can learn from this lesson, pay attention to their own healthy lifestyle, pay more attention to their daily habits and make positive changes for their own future and the happiness of their families.
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