Deep-seated reasons for a large number of bedridden patients in China
Aside from the differences in policies, the deeper reason is actually the cultural and ideological level. The health care awareness of the elderly in China and the West is different. The west advocates that children leave home and stand on their own feet when they grow up, and the elderly have a strong sense of health care. And many people in our country are "raising children to prevent old age". Almost all the old people have worked hard for their children for most of their lives. They usually have no awareness of health care and physical examination, and their condition is getting worse, which leads to an increase in bedridden patients.
How to Care for Bedridden Patients: Preventing Muscle Atrophy is the Key
Then, in view of such a common phenomenon in China, how to solve the problem of how to care for bedridden patients? First of all, as ordinary elderly people, they should raise their awareness of health care at ordinary times, have the awareness of regular physical examination and diet nutrition, and reduce illness and bed rest. Secondly, if you stay in bed for a long time, in addition to often helping the patient turn over (it is best to change his position every two hours) and ensuring that the skin of the bedridden patient is clean and dry, the key point is to pay attention to the patient's muscle atrophy. Patients stay in bed for a long time, and if they don't get exercise, their muscles will gradually shrink. For elderly patients, because of age, there are phenomena of muscle loss and muscle reduction, and staying in bed will make muscle atrophy more serious.
Therefore, patients can be given some local massage to help promote blood circulation. For example, exercise the ankle joint to avoid muscle atrophy and joint stiffness; Secondly, you can make some dietary adjustments and pay attention to the intake of protein and dietary fiber. It is recommended to have a light diet and eat some foods with high protein, high nutrition and low fat, which are light and easy to digest and absorb. In addition, special nutritional supplements should be provided for the families or visitors of elderly patients. Most bedridden patients don't get exercise during bedridden, and their muscles will decline faster than normal people. Therefore, when taking care of or visiting elderly patients, you need to eat some health care products for muscle maintenance.
How to nurse bedridden patients: supplementing HMB to prevent muscle atrophy
20 19 《 Chinese Journal of Geriatrics 》 pointed out that supplementary nutrition should include branched-chain amino acids, vitamin D, whey protein and hydroxymethylbutyric acid (HMB) fortified milk, which can significantly improve the body function, muscle quality and strength. Therefore, HMB can be supplemented to prevent sarcopenia and muscular atrophy in elderly patients, and HMB can also be supplemented to care for bedridden patients.
HMB is β-hydroxy-β-methyl butyrate, and it is also a normal product of human metabolism. HMB can promote protein synthesis and reduce protein decomposition, increase physical strength, delay muscle fatigue, and help to increase protein synthesis in patients with muscular dystrophy. In the aspect of health care for the elderly, HMB can help the bedridden elderly suffering from muscle atrophy, osteoporosis, malnutrition and other problems, and can also reduce the levels of cholesterol and low density lipoprotein (LDL) in the body, so as to reduce the occurrence of coronary heart disease and cardiovascular diseases.
How to care for bedridden patients needs to pay attention to the phenomenon of muscle atrophy and muscle loss of elderly patients to ensure their quality of life. Through local exercise, healthy diet and the conditioning of nutritional supplements, the problems of muscle degeneration and malnutrition of bedridden patients can be solved, and the immunity of the elderly can be improved, so as to recover health more quickly.