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The main causes of death of the elderly in China
There are many reasons for the sudden death of elderly friends, such as sudden cardiac death, sudden suffocation and sudden stroke. Everyone must pay special attention, especially patients with severe arrhythmia and chronic bronchitis emphysema, who need to pay great attention to it and need to prevent sudden death in time.

Sudden death is a very critical disease. Without any symptoms in advance, patients will suddenly die unexpectedly, accounting for 10% to 30% of all natural persons. In fact, sudden death happens very suddenly, and people of any age will have sudden death. What are the common causes of sudden death in the elderly? Below we will introduce the relevant contents in detail, hoping to help you.

1, sudden death The time of sudden death caused by stroke will be within 24 hours. If the bleeding speed is fast, the amount of bleeding is large, and it also affects the important central system of the human body, it will lead to sudden death. Once the thrombus falls off and enters the blood circulation of the human brain, it will lead to multiple cerebral infarction, especially sudden death. So everyone must attach great importance to it.

2. Sudden asphyxia is more common in patients with chronic bronchitis, emphysema and bronchial asthma. Severe hypoxemia will lead to respiratory acidosis, which will eventually lead to sudden death at night. Long-term use of hormonal drugs can also lead to sudden death. Some friends, if used in excess, will also cause bronchospasm, induce asphyxia and hypoxia symptoms, and even find sudden death, so everyone must pay great attention to prevent sudden suffocation.

3, sudden cardiac death, this is a very common phenomenon, of course, within an hour of onset, some even die in a few minutes. If the patient is accompanied by severe arrhythmia, it is particularly prone to sudden cardiac death. In addition, myocarditis and cardiomyopathy can also lead to sudden death.

What are the common causes of sudden death in the elderly? I'll introduce you here, I believe everyone knows something about it. There are many reasons for the sudden death of elderly friends. We must pay special attention to it. We should adjust our personal living habits. We should chew slowly when eating. If all kinds of old hemorrhagic diseases are found, they need to be dealt with in time. Everyone also needs to go to the hospital regularly, especially friends with arrhythmia need to adjust their personal mentality and eliminate mental burden.