(Cao Yueyue, a reporter from the Peoples Daily Health Client, Zhao Yuanzhi) "A 75 -year -old man was accompanied by his children to go to my outpatient clinic because of repeated falls., Slow steps, mild edema, obvious muscle mass reduction, and muscle function decreased, so I diagnosed the old man suffering from muscle disorder.On the 6th, Luo Yan, chief physician of the senior medical department of Nantong University Affiliated Hospital, said in an interview with a reporter from the Health Client of the Peoples Daily.
Luo Yan (first from right), chief physician of the senior medical department of Nantong University Affiliated Hospital.Photo confession
At the "21st Old Medical Academic Conference of the Chinese Medical Association" a week ago, the national elderly muscle laxative diagnosis and treatment demonstration outpatient project was launched, Luo YanThe senior medical department of Nantong University Affiliated Hospital was included in the first batch of demonstration outpatient lists.
According to the "Jiangsu Province Development Report (2024)", Nantong has entered a severe aging society.But even in Nantong, known as the "first city of Chinese aging", the disease of "muscle laxation" is still strange to many people."In fact, muscle dysfunction is very common among the elderly in our country." Luo Yan introduced that muscle dysfunction is a reduction in muscle mass caused by aging and chronic diseases.Elderly syndrome.
Luo Yan named his outpatient "old memory and weak clinic" because the memory loss is often merged with less muscle and weakness.Example patients."Except for the introduction of the medical union and the patients registered, I accidentally discovered that patients with muscle dishmurry through popular science accounted for a considerable part of. Therefore, we should also expand the popularity of science. Popular science is a" vaccine that does not spend money "./p>
"The saying that it is difficult to buy old and thinner is not completely scientific." Luo Yan said that if the old man becomes thinner, if the fat is reduced, it may have some benefits for metabolic diseases, but ifIt is because of the thinness caused by muscle reduction, which will bring great harm to the human body.
"Muscle is not only important for maintaining human activity, connecting skeletal joints, protecting human tissues, and shaping the body of the body, and it is also an important immune organ.Power can also improve metabolic capabilities, enhance islet sensitivity.
Luo Yan introduced that the current treatment methods for muscle laxation are relatively limited, and mainly rely on accurate nutritional management and exercise prescriptions."Nutrition and exercise is the cornerstone of muscle laxation. For the elderly with different primary diseases, we will provide them with personalized nutritional guidance and exercise guidance. We will also conduct comprehensive medication managementThere are no contradictions and duplication with the medicine. At the same time, the drugs that may cause muscle to be reduced as much as possible.
