Pension topic
Long-term illness may not be a doctor
[Phenomena] After taking a prescription for many years, I was "fudged" by superstitious health care products. The elderly bought medicines based on their experience to make their children worried.
[Countermeasures] Experts remind that different conditions require different medications. You must follow your doctor’s instructions when taking medications; moreover, health care products should not be used instead of medications to avoid delays
As soon as the body becomes unwell, the elderly will buy their own medicines based on their experience. The consequences caused by the elderly taking medicines indiscriminately cannot be ignored-now a strange phenomenon of "a lot of money and messing with medicines" has appeared in society, which makes many young people feel uncomfortable. The health of the parents is anxious.
The elderly have a headache when taking medicine based on "experience"
Passing by the pharmacy, I went in to buy medicines, there were medicines everywhere at home, and I took medicines by myself when I was feeling sick...Ms. Zhang, who lives in Fengtai District, has troubled her daughter with these medicine problems. The daughter has a headache.
"My mother doesn't feel well anymore, so she finds medicine by herself and never goes to the hospital to see a doctor. We jokingly call her'Dr. Zhang' at home. The thing that annoys my mother the most is that when he encounters a pharmacy, he has to go in and buy some medicine. Anyway, just don’t go empty.” Ms. Zhang’s daughter said that her mother is 58 years old and suffers from high blood pressure and coronary heart disease. She had a heart stent operation 10 years ago. She should have followed the doctor’s instructions more often, not only rarely went to the hospital for review. , I don’t feel well anymore, so I have to dispense my own medicine.
What is worrying is that as she gets older and older, Ms. Zhang has a lot of minor problems. Her daughter persuaded her to go to the hospital. She never went. She always told her family that she knew her body best and she didn’t buy any medicine. problem.
"She felt that the prescription prescribed a few years ago worked very well. Now, years have passed. Whenever she feels unwell, she still prescribes the prescription according to the prescription. She doesn't care if it is correct or not." Ms. Zhang's daughter Say.
The same problem also happened to Liu Ping (a pseudonym).
Liu Ping lives in Jingshandongmen, Dongcheng District. He is 70 years old this year. In order to treat diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia, Liu Ping has been taking five or six medicines each time, but his blood sugar, blood pressure and blood lipids are not well controlled. ideal.
When his wife asked him to go to the hospital, he always said it was too troublesome.
Until one day Liu Ping was very dizzy, and his blood pressure was 180/100 (mmHg). He hurried to the emergency department for treatment. The doctor asked him what antihypertensive medicine he had taken.
He said that when he saw that the antihypertensive medicine taken by his wife was imported, he decided to change the medicine to imported medicine. After taking the medicine, why could he still have high blood pressure?
Health care products are essential products
There are not a few elderly people like Ms. Zhang and Liu Ping who love to take medicine. Among the elderly, there are some elderly people who need to take medicine when they are sick, and health care products have become a must-have to "relieve illness and strengthen the body."
Zhang Qiang (pseudonym), who lives in Dengshikou, Dongcheng District, is 62 years old. He has been diagnosed with diabetes for more than 5 years. He has not been able to control his blood sugar, but he likes snacks the most. But the doctor told him that his blood sugar is too high to eat.
Zhang Qiang was very depressed because of this. He heard that some newly developed health care products are particularly amazing, and it can lower blood sugar even with snacks. This can be said to his heart. He quickly bought several courses of medicine and stopped. The doctor prescribed hypoglycemic drugs for him, while eating health products while eating snacks, he felt more comfortable.
But recently Zhang Qiang felt weak, didn’t like to eat, and even lost interest in his favorite snacks. He always felt dry mouth. He became weaker day by day, so his children rushed him to the hospital for an emergency. More than 30 (millimoles/liter), which scared the old man. He thought that he had been eating health products well, so why didn't it matter?
For this reason, the old man is very depressed.
How to take the medicine correctly?
Expert reminder
Hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia... As we get older, more and more diseases appear in the elderly, and taking medicine has become commonplace.
But how should the medicine be taken?
Can health products replace drugs?
What should the elderly pay attention to when taking medicine?
Wang Shuang, the attending physician of the Department of Geriatrics of Beijing Longfu Hospital, reminded the elderly that they should not trust the publicity of health care products. Health care products are not medicines. If they have diseases, they should go to a regular hospital for treatment. They should not be replaced by health care products to avoid delaying their illness.
In addition, everyone's condition is different, and the appropriate drugs are also different. The doctor will give an individualized treatment plan based on the condition. You cannot change the medicine at will, and you must follow the doctor's advice.
Regarding medication, Wang Shuang made several suggestions:
Time for taking medicine: There are actually a lot of specialties about taking medicine. Some medicines need to be taken before meals, some need to be taken after meals, some need to be swallowed, and some need to be chewed.
Take aspirin, for example. Many elderly people think that aspirin hurts the stomach and take it after a meal. In fact, aspirin is an enteric-coated tablet that is not absorbed in the stomach but only absorbed in the intestines. Take it on an empty stomach to avoid prolonging the stay in the stomach.
Take medicines regularly: different medicines take different times, some once a day, some three times a day, or even once a week. Different medicines have different action times, so the times and times of taking the medicine are different, so you need to take the medicine correctly and regularly.
Strictly follow the doctor’s advice: Some people take the medicine on their own. They are superstitious about imported medicines. They think that they can get better if they take imported medicines. In fact, the most suitable ones are the best. Doctors will conduct individualized treatments according to the condition. .
The review should be regular: taking medication is not the purpose, but curing the disease is the key.
The condition is not static, and some drugs have side effects. Regular follow-up review is very important. The doctor will monitor regularly to ensure safe medication, and adjust the medication at any time according to changes in the condition.
Prevention is more important: Many diseases are irreversible. Prevention is better than cure. Regular physical examination can help the elderly find problems early and solve them as soon as possible.
Text/Mu Qingxiangwei