Why do most old people die soon after falling?
Why did the old man die not long after he fell? The old farmer has the following views.
Also, some people with a history of syncope need to do the same. Parents raise us young, and we should protect our parents old, so you can do this and cherish it!
It is true that most old people will die soon after falling.
This is mainly because the elderly have not exercised for many years, often go out for a walk or do morning exercises by the river in the morning. Once the skin becomes slack and thin, he will be listless, lose strength, can't bear to do some work at home, and sweat like rain. This is the result of not practicing satin for a long time.
The old man has never been ill in his life, thinking that God is taking care of him and will not take him away easily. As a result, the old man enjoyed leisure at home, ate and slept, and finally suffered a serious illness. If you accidentally fall down, you are bedridden and terminally ill. People must serve the elderly, and their children will do the rough and heavy work. Don't always rely on saying that you were strong when you were young. You can pick 200 Jin of rice. Once a person is old, his strength becomes smaller.
Several of my father's colleagues died in their sixties and seventies. They are mainly not treated for minor illnesses, but only for serious illnesses. I went to Nanning for surgery in the late stage of cancer, and died two or three months after I was discharged from the hospital. Some of my hair fell out. Another is the mother of my primary school classmate, who has never been sick in her life. Once she went out to pick up garbage to sell, and suddenly fell to the ground. Although she is not dead, she is also incontinent and paralyzed in bed. Life is worse than death! There is also an old man who, after receiving a pension, was reluctant to buy pig bones to make soup, and his health became worse year by year until one day he accidentally fell down at home and was sent to the hospital in a coma. After only three days in the hospital, he couldn't save himself.
According to the old people, people can't wrestle in their old age. If you fall to the ground, you will have a stroke, and your bones will not recover as easily as young people. Therefore, men need women's help in wrestling, and women also need men's help in wrestling, which has a mystery. It's easier said than done.
Generally speaking, falls of the elderly (unless they are hard, such as slipping and knocking down) are caused by internal functional degradation. The external appearance only shows the decline, but the essence is a precursor to the systematic decline of function. Falls in general surgery and orthopedics can be recovered, and falls caused by internal factors can only be.
My father died just after falling for more than two months.
There is a superstition in our country that the old man will not live long if he falls down. There is an old saying: fall to death.
I remember my father was in excellent health. The summer he died, he fell down three times in a month. At that time, his body didn't respond, just a little uncomfortable. My father told me that he might not live long. I thought he was joking, so I smiled and said that those old sayings were superstitious.
My father told me several examples of his death shortly after he fell. Maybe the old man hit the nail on the head. Soon, my father fell ill and died.
The elderly can live a healthy life because of their appetite, activities and mood. Once you fall down, these three things suddenly decrease almost immediately. If you have less activity, your appetite will drop and your blood vessels will usually get worse. In addition, the aging of organs will make the aging body worse, a vicious circle. Therefore, most people who fall down will not live long. If you are a son, you should be a companion.
It is not that an old man will die soon after a fall. But the old man's muscles failed, which led to his fall and his death.
I have a deep feeling that when I was young, my roots were very stable and I would not fall down easily. Even if you stand in a moving car, you won't fall when you brake suddenly. You can be in your sixties. Once I pass seventy, I have no roots. I didn't sit on the bus for long. I just got on the bus and didn't grab the handrail. The car started in such a hurry that I tripped and knocked me down. Fortunately, it's nothing serious. My ribs hurt for more than a month.
When people are old and weak, they should pay more attention. When you pay attention to everything and get hurt, it's not far from death.
The mortality rate of falls in the elderly is extremely high!
Most elderly people have some basic diseases, and the functions of various organs become worse. If they fall down again, their body resistance and organ function will deteriorate, and many complications will often occur, leading to organ failure and ultimately life-threatening. For example, the famous scientist Yuan Longping died about two months after the fall.
For the elderly, anti-fall measures are very necessary. With the aging of our country, some products suitable for the elderly have come out one after another, such as anti-falling airbags, whose principle is to suddenly open when the elderly are about to fall a certain distance from the ground, effectively protecting the safety of the elderly.
The whole society should pay attention to the health and life safety of the elderly. A good atmosphere of respecting and loving the elderly will eventually benefit everyone, because everyone will grow old.
At the beginning of last year, my 88-year-old grandmother accidentally fell down in the shower. Although there was nothing wrong with going to the hospital for examination, it didn't take long for the old man to be bedridden and unable to walk. Later, due to long-term bed rest, muscles further atrophied, leading to further decline in immunity and eventually died of pneumonia.
Why do most old people die soon after falling? Under what circumstances are the elderly most likely to fall? Why do old people fall easily? What should the old man do after he accidentally fell and was injured? How to prevent and avoid falls of the elderly? When falling is inevitable, how to "fall correctly" to minimize the injury? Falls and injuries are the number one killer of accidental injuries among the elderly in the world. According to statistics, more than 300,000 people in the world die from falls and injuries every year, and more than half of them are over 60 years old, which shows a sharp upward trend with the growth of age.
In addition to the death of the elderly, falling will also lead to a large number of disabilities and bring great psychological trauma to the elderly. According to statistics, 2 1%-23% of men and 43%-44% of women in communities over 65 years old in China have been injured. About 20%-30% falls will cause moderate injuries to the elderly. The injuries caused by falls include wrist, arm and ankle fractures and brain trauma, which reduces the self-care ability of the elderly and increases the risk of premature death. It can also cause psychological barriers. Perhaps many elderly people were not injured when they fell, but they will have fear afterwards. Therefore, they deliberately restrict their actions, which makes their muscle strength weaker, their immunity lower and they are more likely to get sick. It will also lead to a decline in social skills and depression, which will seriously affect the quality of life.
Under what circumstances are the elderly most likely to fall? Over 65 years old, with a history of falling, disturbance of consciousness, imbalance, limb dysfunction, weakness, anemia, malnutrition, dizziness, sleep disorder, abnormal urination and defecation, poor eyesight and hearing, lack of nursing, taking drugs that affect consciousness or activity. Generally, it is easy to fall when walking and going to the toilet, and it is also easy to fall at the bedside, bathroom, stairs, corridors and other places.
Why do elderly people easily fall? The main reasons why the elderly are prone to fall and fall are as follows:
1, physiological factors
Including the decline of physical function caused by the physiological or pathological changes of the elderly themselves.
1) Aging leads to slow response, slow response and decreased vision. When the environment suddenly changes, it is impossible to correctly judge the environmental structure and obstacles, and it is easy to fall when the body loses its balance. The research shows that the reaction time of middle-aged and elderly people in the dynamic balancer test is prolonged and obviously unstable, which shows that the ability of conducting nerve and central integration is obviously ineffective with age. Most people over the age of 65 are related to decreased sensation, large swing, poor physical feeling, prolonged reaction time and impaired balance function.
2) It is easy to suffer from central nervous system diseases, such as stroke, which leads to the decline of balance ability and easy to fall.
3) Aging leads to the degradation of skeletal muscle system, muscle strength and joint flexibility, or the degradation of the back and spine reduces the adjustment ability of the spine to the lower limbs, which is easy to induce falls.
2. Environmental impact
Old people's falls are also related to the environment. The life safety of the elderly is determined by their lifestyle and living environment factors. Poor surrounding environment can reduce the adaptability of individuals to the environment, which can increase the number of falls and injuries of the elderly. The most common environmental factors include tripping over objects, insufficient lighting, uneven ground, sloping steps, too high stairs, too wet ground in the bathroom, loose blankets, sliding carpets, inappropriate furniture, shoes and clothes, improper placement of objects (too high or too low), and insufficient protective facilities (toilets, bathrooms, stairs without handrails, high-risk beds without guardrails, too high beds, etc.). ) and other factors. Outdoor falls are most common on sidewalks.
3. Social and psychological factors
Solitude and solitude are social factors of falling. Balancing confidence and emotion when falling is also an important psychological factor affecting falling. Fear of falling will limit the activities of the elderly, reduce their mobility and lead to functional defects, and increase the risk of falling. Depression and anxiety can reduce the attention of the elderly to themselves, the environment and others, and it is difficult to find dangerous situations, thus increasing the chance of falling. Strong personality, stubborn, afraid of disturbing others, like to complete daily life independently. Sometimes, you will fall down because you overestimate your ability.
4. Effects of diseases and drugs
Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases are the main causes of falls in the elderly. Such as arrhythmia, hypertension, stroke, accidental recovery or sequelae of blood vessels, epilepsy, diabetes, hypotension and hypoglycemia. , can lead to short-term cerebral blood supply deficiency, resulting in cerebral ischemia and hypoxia, so that patients suddenly appear brain dysfunction, loss of consciousness, fainting. Or accompanied by musculoskeletal diseases, such as joint diseases, hyperosteogeny or osteoporosis, cervical spondylosis, Parkinson's disease, etc. In addition, the old people's eyesight is impaired, their eyesight sensitivity is weakened, or their eyesight is impaired at night, and they are easy to trip over obstacles and fall down when walking. Acute attacks of chronic diseases such as cancer pain and cervical spondylosis often cause falls. The more chronic diseases the elderly suffer, the greater the risk of falling.
The tolerance and sensitivity of the elderly to drugs are different from those of adults, and they are prone to adverse reactions. Side effects such as dizziness and hypotension may occur after medication, which is also a significant risk factor. These drugs include sedatives, hypnotics, anti-anxiety drugs, antidepressants, diuretics and antihypertensive drugs, vasodilators, non-steroidal analgesic and anti-inflammatory drugs, antiarrhythmic drugs, spasmolytics, iron agents, etc., which can affect patients' consciousness, vision, gait, balance, blood pressure, etc. , thus reducing or weakening their cognitive ability and increasing the risk of falls of the elderly.
The high incidence of falls of cardiovascular patients is between 1 9: 00 in the morning, concentrated at the bedside: at 1 6: 00 in the morning, people are in a state of sleep, vagus nerve is excited, coronary artery spasm, heart rate is slower than when they wake up, and blood pressure drops, leading to fainting, falling and injury due to insufficient blood supply to the whole body. Some elderly people may get up in a hurry to go to the toilet because of anxiety after waking up, leading to cardiovascular disease or accidents caused by falling.
What should the old man do if he accidentally falls down? 1 First of all, observe the expression and manner of the old people. If the old man is conscious, ask him why he fell and where he was hurt, and then give him help. In case of angina pectoris, help them take the first-aid medicine they carry with them.
When the old man suddenly falls down, don't rush to help him, otherwise he may not be able to help him. For example, if an elderly person falls down due to cerebral hemorrhage or subarachnoid hemorrhage is lifted up immediately, the bleeding symptoms will be aggravated and his condition will deteriorate rapidly.
3. It is necessary to judge whether the fall is caused by sudden death. Sudden death refers to the elderly who have been healthy or in stable condition. If he suddenly loses consciousness, the pulse in the aorta disappears. Sudden death patients should lie flat on the ground immediately, and no movement is allowed. At the same time, we should immediately carry out cardiopulmonary resuscitation and call 120 emergency number quickly.
4. Old people are prone to fracture when they fall. Some fractures, such as femoral neck incarcerated fracture and spinal fracture, are not obvious except pain. If you stand up reluctantly and act improperly, your illness will get worse. In particular, spinal fractures can damage the spinal cord and lead to paraplegia. Therefore, after the old man falls, let him slowly roll onto the hardwood board and lie on his back.
How to prevent falls and injuries? 1. Strengthen health education and increase the safety awareness of the elderly.
Carry out health education and publicity, so that the elderly can understand their own situation, the risk factors that are easy to fall, the harm to their health and protective measures.
2. Actively treat the basic diseases of the elderly.
Such as hypertension, diabetes, cerebral thrombosis, coronary heart disease and cervical spondylosis. Help the elderly to analyze the prodromal symptoms and risk factors, master the main symptoms before onset, and achieve early detection, prevention and treatment. At the same time, we should strengthen the guidance of drug use for the elderly, including the dosage, usage, interval, adverse reactions and side effects, strict dosage, prohibition of missing multiple doses, improvement of drug compliance of the elderly, careful observation of the reaction after drug use, and active symptomatic treatment.
3. Ensure the safety of the environment around the elderly.
The home environment of the elderly should adhere to the concept of accessibility and reasonably arrange the height and position of indoor furniture; The floor design of the living room should be non-slip, keep the floor flat and dry, and install handrails in the aisle; Handrails should also be installed in the bathroom, and anti-slip rubber mats should be placed on the floor, preferably using toilets; Old people's demand for light is 2-3 times that of young people, so there should be enough light indoors; In addition, we should choose suitable clothes and anti-skid appliances for the elderly.
4. It is suggested that the elderly should keep an optimistic mood, take part in more social activities, take part in physical exercise properly, keep the flexibility of bone joints and prevent osteoporosis (calcium supplementation: shrimp skin, milk, laver, seaweed soup, soybean milk, bone soup; Vitamin D supplementation: basking in the sun) Eat a high-protein diet (such as soy products, milk and lean meat) to avoid muscle atrophy of lower limbs.
5. Actively treat after falling, care for the elderly in life, and establish the confidence of the elderly to overcome the disease.
When falling is inevitable, what can be done to minimize the injury? Sitting backward is the most common and fatal falling posture for the elderly, because if you sit on the ground and the supporting point falls on your hips, it will easily lead to lumbar compression fracture, lumbar comminuted fracture and sacrococcygeal fracture. Because of the spinal injury caused by longitudinal overload, it is necessary to stay in bed for 3 months after fracture, and the healing is very slow. If the compression of vertebral body exceeds 1/2, the situation will be more serious and require surgical treatment.
Falling on one side of the hip easily leads to hip fractures, including femoral neck fractures and intertrochanteric fractures. Once a fracture occurs, the elderly need to stay in bed for a long time, which seriously affects the quality of life.
If you can make a correct response quickly when you fall, you can greatly reduce the occurrence of fractures. What should I do when falling is inevitable? It is right to hold your hands on the ground to cushion the impact of falling. It is much less difficult to hurt the elderly by hand than to land on the hips or on one side of the body. If you hold the ground with your hands when you fall, you will often hurt your wrist, which will at most lead to a fracture of the distal ulna or radius. This kind of arm fracture does not need to stay in bed in nursing, and rehabilitation training is easy to do without fatal complications.
Caring for the elderly is our responsibility and obligation!
Most elderly people will have comminuted fractures of arms or legs, limited activities, unable to take care of themselves, decreased appetite, rapid aging of various organs and rapid death. My parents are like this.