Time flies, has entered the countdown to the Spring Festival, but the changeable climate has also brought us all aspects of trouble, according to the weather forecast, most of our country will be affected by large-scale rain and snow weather in the near future, the impact may be the largest since 2008.
Although it is only **, the cooling, rainy and snowy weather in the next few days is still worth our attention. The Spring Festival is approaching, many elderly friends are "busy year", and this kind of cooling rain and snow climate conditions, it is easy to bring some greater health risks, today's popular science, to talk to you about the elderly in the rain and snow cooling weather, need to pay attention to health risks and countermeasures.
The most direct impact of rain and snow is the impact of travel, the elderly with the growth of age, accelerated bone loss and malnutrition, the elderly, especially postmenopausal women, is also a high incidence of osteoporosis, and the biggest risk faced by osteoporosis people is the risk of fractures.
The aging of the body has also brought about the weakening of exercise ability and balance, in the rain and snow that may be brought in recent days, especially on the road surface with icy conditions, special attention should be paid to the risk of falls and fractures, and special attention should be paid to minimize the slippery road surface, where there is a risk of falling, and at the same time choose shoes with anti-slip function, and pay attention to maintaining a good balance when walking, to minimize the risk of falling.
Many friends know that cold weather is a high incidence factor for myocardial infarction, stroke and other diseases, but they don't know that a more dangerous weather than this cold weather is a sudden change in the weather, just like the current weather, it is often very warm in the first few days, but there will be a significant cooling later, the sudden coldness of this temperature is more likely to stimulate vasoconstriction, increase the burden on the heart, and bring a high risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular attacks.
In this kind of weather, we should pay more attention to the timely increase or decrease of clothing, do a good job of cold and warmth, and minimize the sudden stimulation of the cold, especially some habits such as taking cold showers, for people with a high risk of cardiovascular disease, we should still pay attention to the risks that this stimulation may bring, in addition, we should pay more attention to daily life, pay attention to slow down when getting up in the morning, minimize the risk of getting up suddenly, and at the same time, we should also pay attention to not having big ups and downs, excessive excitement or excessive anger. may trigger the occurrence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events, which deserves special attention.
Although from the point of view of the severity of the disease, the B flu is not higher than the first flu, but due to the relatively small number of influenza B epidemics, the natural antibody level in the human body is also low, therefore, in the cooling, rainy and snowy weather, the body's immunity is reduced, which will also lead to an increase in the risk of influenza infection.
For the prevention of influenza virus, on the one hand, we should pay attention to personal protection, on the other hand, we should also pay attention to maintaining a healthy lifestyle in daily life, quit smoking and limit alcohol, eat a healthy diet, maintain a peaceful mind, reasonably strengthen physical activity, and strengthen exercise, all of which are good ways to protect human immunity.
The use of vaccines and drugs is also indispensable. The 4-valent influenza vaccine for adults is effective against the B Victoria variant that is currently circulating at this stage, so if you are an elderly friend who has been vaccinated in advance, even if you are infected with influenza, the risk of severe disease is very low. If influenza infection is confirmed, you should pay attention to the development of symptoms and use anti-influenza drugs such as oseltamivir and mabaloxavir as soon as possible to shorten the course of the disease as soon as possible and reduce the risk of severe disease.
With the increase in population mobility during the Chinese New Year, the possibility of a further resurgence of the new crown epidemic has also greatly increased, and the new variant of the new crown is currently jn1 has set off a resurgence of the epidemic in many countries around the world, and many of us have experienced more than 1 year of liberalization, and the antibody levels brought by previous infections have also been greatly reduced, climate change, new variants1. The combination of these three factors, such as stronger immune evasion and increased population mobility, further increases the risk of new crown infection, especially for the elderly with weakened immunity, which should be paid special attention to.
Compared with the flu, the risk of severe disease and death caused by the new crown is still higher in the elderly group, especially the elderly with underlying diseases, or the elderly with relatively low immunity, the risk of developing severe disease is very high, therefore, it is still necessary to do a good job of protection, minimize unnecessary socialization, pay attention to wearing masks, wash hands frequently and other measures, for people at high risk of severe disease, timely application of anti-new crown drugs after infection is also an important means to reduce the risk of severe disease.
Now is the stage of busy preparation for the New Year, the elderly friends are busy at the same time, but also pay attention to the combination of work and rest, diet should pay more attention, neither overeating, excessive intake, increase the burden of the gastrointestinal tract, but also do not ignore the regular eating habits because of busyness, the same will also bring risks.
Especially friends who have a bad gastrointestinal tract, in such a season, such weather conditions, we should pay special attention not to let the gastrointestinal tract "cold" and "hurt", while busy, we should pay attention to a regular and reasonable diet, under the premise of maintaining a balanced diet, try to be lighter, easier to digest, and take care of your spleen and stomach, so as to maintain the health of the gastrointestinal tract and have a happy and peaceful Spring Festival in the Year of the Dragon.