Post Date December, 03 2023
Father's Day is coming. Have you paid attention to your father's health
In our eyes, father is a strong representative. However, it is precisely because his father is strong and rarely pays attention to minor injuries and pains that he often neglects his health. Therefore, on Father's Day, let's focus on the hard working fathers and pay attention to their health. The elderly have some health problems that may have been discovered during casual conversations.
Do you know how your father's last physical examination was
As soon as a man turns 50, many diseases come with him. You must know in time whether his father has diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol. Even if his health is good, he should continue to ask for some important data, such as cholesterol, blood pressure, blood lipids, blood sugar, and any other potentially dangerous data. Do not ignore them, and then submit them to a doctor for analysis to understand his father's health status.
Do you know how your father's sleep quality is
With age, fathers generally have less sleep time, and are more likely to wake up and dream. Let's see if the bedding they use is appropriate. Try not to use a soft cushion or brown stretch bed, and it is best to sleep on a wooden bed to avoid causing discomfort to the bones and joints of the elderly; Don't drink a lot of water before going to bed at night, which can easily cause bladder filling and increase the number of times you wake up at night; Also, don't worry about family matters before going to bed, otherwise it will affect your sleep.
Tip: If you find your father drowsy during the day, remember to pay attention to whether your blood pressure is on the high side? If there is a poor quality of sleep and a particularly short amount of time at night, help your father eliminate symptoms such as heart, gastrointestinal discomfort, and neurasthenia.
Do you know how my father is feeling
In fact, many geriatric diseases are related to mood. Especially for elderly people suffering from chronic diseases, in addition to caring about their physical health, they should pay more attention to their psychological status. It would be even better if you could arrange their lives reasonably, provide them with books on health preservation, or choose and buy movies and dramas that they like based on the preferences of the elderly, to enrich their lives.
Tip: For the elderly with chronic diseases such as diabetes and hypertension, more attention should be paid to their attitude towards disease, and they should not be forced or deprived of their right to choose life for various reasons. You know, for elderly people, respecting them and making them feel good can make them healthy.
Do you know what my father's recent appetite is
If your father has a good appetite, it proves that he is in good physical condition. Otherwise, pay attention to whether he has lesions in the stomach or liver. Men are twice as likely to develop stomach cancer as women. Gastric cancer is a more dangerous type of cancer because its symptoms appear later. Initially, there is less obvious abdominal discomfort, which then develops into vomiting and weight loss. If your father has a family history of gastric cancer or his blood type is A, you should pay more attention to gastric cancer.
Have you observed whether your father's urination has been abnormal recently
If a father has significant abnormalities in urination such as frequent urination, incomplete urination, or white urine dripping, it is important to pay attention to whether he has diseases such as prostatitis or prostate hyperplasia. As people age, 90% of men develop prostate disease.
Did your father go upstairs for breath
By climbing stairs, fathers can test their physical strength and leg strength. If you can quickly climb five floors by stepping two steps at a time, it indicates that you are in good health; Climbing to the 5th floor level by level, there was no obvious asthma phenomenon, and the health condition was good; If you are panting and shortness of breath, it is a poor type; Climbing on the third floor is tiring and wheezing, which means that you are weak. You should go to the hospital to further investigate the cause and do not be careless.
Does your father have any visual problems
Old age predisposes you to eye diseases. People who smoke, in particular, are much more likely to develop cataracts than non smokers. At the same time, glaucoma is an eye disease with a high genetic rate, which destroys nerves, increases intraocular pressure, and leads to blindness. "If your grandfather has had glaucoma, your father may have this eye disease, so he should have an eye exam every year. The earlier he starts the exam, the more beneficial it is for treatment.".
How to care about your father's health
Old people should not consume too much fat
The supply of protein for the elderly is based on 1 to 1.5 grams per kilogram of body weight, and priority is given to high-quality protein, such as milk, eggs, beans, fish, and lean meat.
No matter how fat or thin they are, elderly people should not consume too much fat, because fat metabolism can significantly deteriorate as they age, and eating greasy food can easily cause fat stools or indigestion. The goal of fat intake is to maintain below 30% of total calories and reduce saturated fatty acids and cholesterol.
It is ideal for the elderly to eat an egg with egg yolk every two days. If you are too thin, or do not have a high cholesterol problem, and do not eat too much meat, eating one egg a day is not too much.
To control fat intake, the simple principle is not to eat fried or fried food more than once a day, remove fat and skin as much as possible, avoid eating animal visceral food, and reduce the consumption of processed meat products. In addition to protecting the health of the intestinal tract, fiber also helps control blood sugar, blood fat, and blood pressure.
Elderly people often dislike vegetables and fruits with fiber due to tooth problems, and often suffer from constipation. When serving fresh fruits, vegetables, and whole grain foods rich in fiber, you can cut and chop the food, or steam, boil, stew, or stew the food to make it thin and soft. Never discard important fibers by squeezing or filtering them.
Pay attention to vitamin supplements
The rate at which the body metabolizes vitamin A gradually decreases with aging. A daily supply of 5000 international units (IU) of vitamin A is sufficient. Taking vitamin A deliberately can lead to excessive consumption and poisoning.
Antioxidants related to slowing down aging - vitamins E and C - can increase supplementation. Older people also need more vitamin B6 than when they are young. The intake of other vitamins can be maintained approximately similar to when young.
As for sodium ions that affect the heart and blood pressure, don't take too much. The most needed ingredients for bone - calcium, zinc for immunity, and potassium for normal heart and nerve function - are nutrients that should be deliberately added to the diet of elderly people.
Iron should not be replenished in large quantities because iron metabolism is not high in old age. Excessive iron intake can interfere with the absorption of calcium and zinc and accelerate the consumption of antioxidants in the body.
Drink more water during the day
In terms of water content, it is necessary to overcome the psychological distress of the elderly due to decreased urination function, and encourage them to drink more boiled water during the day, while drinking less alcohol or beverages containing a large amount of caffeine. After dinner, reduce fluid intake to avoid frequent toilet visits that affect sleep.
With age and the pressure of family chores, daily headaches, headaches, and feelings of boredom can be unspeakable pain for fathers. As the saying goes, father love is like a mountain, and father love is silent. Indeed, it is possible that unconsciously, father grows older day by day, leaving us farther and farther away. Since we cannot stop the relentlessness of time, why don't we let father pay more attention to health in daily life
The topic of daily medical treatment is a commonplace. There is a small headache and fever. Parents always don't want to go to the hospital, and their own suffering will pass. However, as children, do we have the heart to let their parents endure this?
