Change 1: Always sit in front of the TV. If you find that your parents are staring at TV for a long time, indifferent and slow-thinking, and don't answer questions immediately, you need to be alert to senile depression. The disease is common in the elderly over 6 years old, which may be related to endocrine changes, psychological disorders after retirement, and even suicidal tendencies. In addition to more companionship, children should also take their parents to psychiatric treatment.

Change 2: Answering irrelevant questions on the phone When parents call you, they always answer irrelevant questions, indicating deafness. With the increase of age, the auditory pathway system will decline to varying degrees. Old people can't hear clearly for a long time, and communication is inconvenient, which is not good for body and mind. Parents are advised to wear hearing AIDS as soon as possible. Pay attention to the adaptation process of wearing hearing AIDS. You can wear it when you need it at first, and then extend it appropriately every day.

Change 3: People eat less as they get older, but if the elderly obviously eat less, it may be that there is something wrong with the oral cavity and digestive system. According to statistics, more than 9% of the elderly in China have different degrees of tooth loss. Even if the younger generation buys delicacies, it is difficult for the elderly who have no teeth to enjoy them. Therefore, it is recommended to take the elderly to see stomatology regularly. If you have a bad stomach, you should treat it as soon as possible. After the old people's appetite and chewing function decline, they should pay attention to nutrition intake and take dietary supplements when necessary.

Change 4: The food is cooked with heavy taste. 9% of human taste comes from smell. Without a sense of smell, people won't know the taste. When the food cooked by parents is short of salt and light, and they don't realize it, it may be that they have lost their sense of smell. It is necessary to check whether the nose is blocked and whether the olfactory nerve or brain is damaged. Eating tasteless may also be caused by loss of appetite, but also be careful of depression in the elderly. In addition, the taste will decline with the increase of age, and food is easy to cook with heavy taste, which is not good for the body. It is suggested to use more natural seasonings such as fennel to improve the taste and reduce the use of salt and soy sauce.

Change 5: There are more reading glasses at home. I don't know when there were more reading glasses in my parents' house, which suggested that my eyes began to age. If it is natural presbyopia, it is necessary to supplement beans, vitamin A, vitamin C and other high-quality protein, increase drinking water, and do not eat irritating food. In addition, some common eye diseases will also affect vision, such as cataract and glaucoma. Anemia, hyperlipidemia, cerebral arteriosclerosis and cervical spondylosis can also cause dizziness.

Change 6: forget things, forget time, forget changes, forget the key. These scenes are often ignored by children, who often don't realize that their parents have Alzheimer's disease until the late stage of the disease. One of the early manifestations of old idiots is memory disorder, which can be manifested as forgetting things, forgetting words, asking the same question repeatedly and so on. When parents have these small situations, we should not take them seriously. We should take them to the hospital for diagnosis as soon as possible. Even if you are sure that you are not an old fool, you should plan ahead and encourage the elderly to go out for activities and exchanges and play some educational games.

Change 7: Shoes and trousers are tight, probably not because parents are fat, but because their legs and feet are swollen, suggesting that there may be heart failure, and protein is low, so we should check and treat them as soon as possible. Avoid eating a lot of sodium salt in the diet, otherwise water and sodium retention will cause edema. If your feet are swollen after taking the medicine, you need to communicate with your doctor in time.

Change 8: clothes become bigger, and clothes that fit before become wider, suggesting that the elderly lose weight too fast, which is often a sign of illness. Drinking more, urinating more, eating more and wasting weight are typical symptoms of diabetes. Hyperthyroidism patients will have more defecation times and lose weight; Depression in the elderly can also cause loss of appetite and weight loss; Most cancers lead to significant weight loss. It is not a trivial matter that parents suddenly become thinner. The child must accompany him to find the reason.