What are the prevention methods for geriatric diseases?

In fact, the prevention of geriatric diseases has never been "something you start doing only when you reach old age." The core is full-cycle risk management and control, from basic living habits in youth to targeted adjustments in middle-aged and elderly people. The onset of most common geriatric diseases can be delayed by 5 to 10 years, or even completely avoided.

I have been doing chronic disease management in the community for almost 7 years. I have seen too many negative examples and many elderly people who take good care of their bodies. The two 73-year-old men I followed up a while ago are the most obvious comparison. Uncle Li has quit smoking since he was 40 years old. He usually eats less salt and less sugar and walks around the park for 40 minutes every morning. Now his blood pressure and blood sugar are all within the normal range, and he can climb five floors without gasping for breath. Another Uncle Wang couldn't do without wine and red meat when he was young. After he retired, he would lie down at home and watch dramas every day. Last year, he was first diagnosed with high blood pressure, and within six months he had a stroke. Now half of his body is weak and he has to use a wheelchair when going out.

Nowadays, the most heated debate on the Internet about the prevention of geriatric diseases is whether to take health supplements. Some elderly people think that health supplements are just an IQ tax and refuse to take any supplements. Some regard health supplements as magic medicine and stop taking regular medicines to rely on health supplements. In fact, both of them have gone to extremes. For example, elderly people who usually drink less milk and get less sun exposure can indeed reduce the risk of osteoporosis and fractures by taking vitamin D and calcium supplements as prescribed by their doctor. If they eat a balanced diet and not lack any nutrients, blind consumption of those sky-high-priced health products that are said to "clean blood vessels and prevent dementia" may put a burden on the liver and kidneys. I also received a case last month. An old man secretly stopped anti-hypertensive medicine and took a certain brand of "Vascular Scavenger". In the end, his blood pressure soared to 180 and he was sent to the emergency room, almost causing a serious accident.

There is no need to make any complicated health plans. When buying food, choose more fresh fruits and vegetables of different colors, and buy less smoked and pickled processed foods. When cooking, use a 2-gram salt-limited spoon. Don't add salt by shaking your hands. Don't stay at home when you have nothing to do. Go downstairs and chat with your old friends and take a walk. Even dancing in the square for half an hour is better than sitting down. Also, don’t forget to have regular physical examinations every year. Don’t always think that “if you don’t feel well, you are not sick.” Many chronic diseases in the elderly have no symptoms in the early stages. If the signs are corrected in time during physical examinations, most of them can be reversed, and there is no need to take lifelong medicine.

To put it bluntly, the human body is like an old car that has been driven for 20 or 30 years. If you check it frequently and repair minor problems in time and don't make too many mistakes, you can run for many more years. If it breaks down and then send it for repair, it will not only cost money, but also suffer the consequences.