Spring Festival is coming soon. How are your parents’ health in the past year?
Insomnia at night and poor sleep;
Long-term constipation is difficult to excrete.
Waist soreness and backache, slow movement;
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These common health problems of the middle-aged and elderly people perplex their parents all the time.
Today, Dr. Clove summed up 10 of the most common health problems of the middle-aged and the elderly and taught everyone how to solve them at one time.
What about insomnia at night?
Insomnia is the most common sleep problem among the middle-aged and the elderly, which is usually manifested as difficulty in falling asleep, and sleep is very shallow and easy to wake up.
At present, relatively mature and stable treatment methods are applied, mainly including drug therapy and psychological and behavioral therapy.
Drug therapy, under the existing conditions in China, is relatively easier to obtain and more acceptable in price, so it is often taken as the first choice.
Psychological and behavioral therapy has long treatment cycle, complicated technical process and high cost, and many places do not provide relevant services at all, so its practical application is subject to many restrictions.
In addition, in the details of life, we should also pay attention to the following points:
- After 4 pm, resolutely avoid coffee, tea, cigarettes and other irritating substances that may affect sleep. Create a quiet and comfortable bedroom environment; Don’t eat and drink before going to bed, don’t do strenuous exercise; Soothing light music before going to bed helps to enter a relaxed state and is easy to fall asleep. Soak your feet in hot water for half an hour or a hot bath before going to bed, and a cup of warm milk before going to bed may also help you fall asleep.
How to relieve constipation quickly?
Constipation is also very common among the middle-aged and the elderly. To relieve constipation, it is actually very simple, just do the following 3 things:
Step 1 Adjust your diet
- Meat, eggs and dairy products can be eaten in an appropriate amount. Eat more coarse cereals, such as brown rice, whole wheat, sorghum, corn, etc. Eat more fruits and vegetables.
Step 2 Exercise
It is suggested to spare one hour every day to do more moderate exercises, such as walking and jogging, with slight sweating as the most suitable. Be careful not to do strenuous exercise, because strenuous exercise will inhibit gastrointestinal peristalsis instead, which is not conducive to constipation.
3. Medication
Lighter constipation can be effectively relieved by adjusting diet and exercising more, while heavier constipation requires medication to assist. How to use drugs specifically, it is recommended to consult a professional doctor.
What about waist soreness and backache?
Waist soreness and backache usually cause the middle-aged and elderly people to move slowly. Therefore, in daily life, correcting these bad living habits can relieve the pain to a certain extent:
- At ordinary times, don’t sit and watch computers and cell phones all the time, or bend over to do housework for too long. You have to get up and move in half an hour to an hour. When there is obvious waist pain, stay in bed more, and put a cushion or pillow on the waist when sitting or lying down to relieve the symptoms. When the symptoms of lumbar pain obviously improve, you can consider exercising the lumbar and back muscles, such as: Xiaoyanfei, five-point support, two-point support or flat support. To avoid sudden and sharp waist twisting, or bending over for a long time to bear heavy loads, try not to lift heavy objects from the ground with straight waist, and use hip flexion and knee bending squat to lift heavy objects on the ground.