老年人奋斗了几十年,现在处于人生的暮期,体质衰退,身体各组织器官老化,机能降低,犹若一部机器,日夜运转,用的时间久了,磨损是全面的,绝不只是某一零件或某一局部。因此,老年人的疾病就出现与其他年龄段不同的特点,必须谨而慎之,再慎而谨之。老年人疾病的特点之一,是病变多发。不仅一个机体的各种系统可同时发病,就是同一系统,同一组织器官亦可生多种病变。比如,心脏患病,可同时见到冠状动脉硬化、心肌肥厚、心肌瘢痕、瓣膜疾病以及心脏传导系统的退行性变性、肺心病、心包炎等各种疾病。老年人疾病的特点之二,是对疾病的感受性低。一般说,老年人对疾病的自觉症状较轻,对发烧、疼 The elderly have been struggling for decades, and now they are in their twilight period of life. The physical decline, the aging of organs and tissues in the body, and the decrease in their functions are like a machine running day and night, taking a long time. The wear is comprehensive and not by itself A part or a part. Therefore, the elderly have different characteristics of the disease with other age groups, must be cautious, and then carefully and carefully. One of the characteristics of the elderly disease is multiple lesions. Not only a variety of systems can simultaneously disease, is the same system, the same organ can also produce a variety of lesions. For example, the heart disease, can also see coronary atherosclerosis, myocardial hypertrophy, myocardial scar, valvular disease and degenerative heart degeneration, pulmonary heart disease, pericarditis and other diseases. The second characteristic of the disease in the elderly is the low susceptibility to the disease. In general, the elderly have less symptoms of illness, fever, pain