How is dizziness, nausea and vomiting in the elderly?

What should the elderly do with dizziness and nausea?

There are many reasons for dizziness and nausea in the elderly, so it is necessary to find out the reasons and treat them symptomatic.

1, cerebral blood supply is insufficient

With the increase of age, the cerebral vessels of the elderly gradually harden and become thinner, the blood flow decreases, and the brain tissue is malnourished.

What to do: pay special attention to diet, remember to eat breakfast, and eat less greasy and fried food; Participating in extracurricular activities, such as dancing, reading, playing cards and learning foreign languages, can increase the number of nerve synapses and enhance the signal transmission between nerve cells to varying degrees.

2. Meniere syndrome

Mainly inner ear labyrinth edema, balance disorder.

What to do: Meniere's disease can be treated by drugs or surgery. When it breaks out, you should lie still, avoid impatience, enter a light and low-salt diet, limit the amount of water, and avoid smoking, drinking and drinking tea. During the intermission, patients should be encouraged to exercise, strengthen their physique and pay attention to proper work and rest arrangements.

3. Cervical spondylosis

Most elderly people have hyperosteogeny of cervical vertebrae, which can oppress related tissues such as cerebral vessels and nerves and cause symptoms.

What to do: For elderly patients with cervical spondylosis, choosing appropriate exercise is not only a treatment, but also an extremely important means to consolidate the curative effect. Exercise is better than medicine to some extent.

4. Hypertension

Hypertension, arteriosclerosis, spasmodic ischemia of brain tissue or thinning of blood vessels and insufficient oxygen supply lead to dizziness.

What to do: Patients with hypertension should pay attention to eating less salt and more light food, keep calm and work regularly to lower their blood pressure.

5, anemia

Dizziness caused by insufficient blood oxygen supply per unit time.

What to do: eat more blood-enriching foods such as grapes, lotus roots and spinach; If it is anemia caused by other diseases, it should be treated according to the primary disease; For the elderly with progressive anemia, detailed general examination should be done as soon as possible, including lung, gastrointestinal tract, blood, urogenital system, etc., in order to find the cause of anemia and treat it in time. In addition, the elderly should also try to maintain a certain amount of exercise, appropriate activities, exercise the functions of various organs.

6. Heart disease

The coronary artery supplying blood to the heart in coronary heart disease appears arteriosclerosis and stenosis, which leads to the decrease of blood supply to the heart. Long-term blood supply to the heart is insufficient, the heart function declines, and the power to deliver blood to the whole body is insufficient. The brain is in the highest part of our body, and it needs a lot of fresh blood at any time, so it is most sensitive to ischemia and hypoxia. When the heart is ischemic, the decrease of blood supply to the brain will cause dizziness.

What to do: the elderly should have a health check-up every year, including blood pressure, electrocardiogram and biochemical complete set, in order to master various indexes of the body; Pay attention to the weather change, don't "freeze in autumn", keep warm, change clothes in time, don't catch a cold, it is easy to induce heart failure; Diet advocates "low salt and low fat".