What should I do if it is particularly difficult for the elderly to eat?

If the elderly have difficulty swallowing when eating and eating is related to colds or pharyngitis and other diseases, then it is necessary to take medication in time**, and at the same time pay attention to the dietary care of the elderly, then if it is gastritis and pharyngitis caused by esophageal cancer or food reflux, it may need to be carried out by surgery**, so as to help the elderly solve the problem of difficulty swallowing when eating.

What should I do if the elderly have difficulty swallowing while eating? I think this is a problem that friends who often take care of the elderly are more concerned about, generally speaking, the cause of the elderly eating and swallowing difficulties may be related to the throat discomfort of the elderly, such as sore throat caused by colds, or pharyngitis, etc., may cause the elderly to swallow difficulties, so what should the elderly do if they eat and swallow troubles?

What should I do if the elderly have difficulty swallowing while eating?

1. Symptomatic**.

Generally speaking, the elderly can effectively relieve the discomfort of the throat after taking medication, but everyone should pay attention to the fact that if the elderly have food reflux, nausea, vomiting and other conditions in addition to dysphagia, it should be noted that it may be reflux pharyngitis or reflux gastritis and other symptoms caused by dysphagia, so it may be necessary to carry out medication or surgery**.

2. Dietary care.

The elderly have difficulty swallowing when eating, in addition to the symptoms, we should also pay more attention to the dietary care of the elderly, try to let the elderly eat more nutritious, easy to digest and absorb food, such as rice cereal, egg custard and other foods, eat less too dry, too hard or too difficult to chew food, such as coarse grains or nuts, and if the food is too viscous, then try not to give the elderly to eat, so as not to cause the elderly in the process of eating, food stuck in the throat or unable to swallow. Then when we take care of the elderly to eat, we should pay attention to letting the elderly sit up and eat as much as possible, and do not eat lying down, so that the food will be more difficult to swallow.

What should I do if the elderly have difficulty swallowing while eating? The elderly have difficulty swallowing when eating, which is mostly related to throat discomfort, so in this case, we should pay attention to taking the elderly to seek medical treatment in time, and at the same time pay attention to the dietary care of the elderly, try to let the elderly eat some liquid food that is easy to digest and absorb, and eat less food that is too viscous or too dry, so as not to make it difficult for the elderly to swallow, and then affect the health of the elderly.

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Describe the specific situation, is it pathological, unable to eat, or what? You've got to make it clear.

When people are older, their taste buds will gradually lose their effect, if they also suffer from some chronic diseases, they are more likely to have loss of appetite and do not like to eat, and malnutrition will occur in the long run, which will lead to the elderly being weaker, so what should the elderly do if they do not like to eat?

Increases zinc uptake.

Zinc can affect the normal metabolism of proteins in human cells and participate in the synthesis of taste. Zinc supplementation for the elderly can also enhance the taste buds, which is that the sense of taste becomes more sensitive and ensures the absorption of more nutrients.

Foods containing zinc mainly include: oysters, fish, soy products, eggs, lean meats, peanuts, walnuts.

Pay attention to the temperature of the meal.

The taste buds of the elderly are more sensitive to soups, so the elderly may wish to add some vegetable soups, noodles, wontons and other foods to their recipes, and pay attention to the best temperature of the elderly taste buds is 20 °C-25 °C, so the meals are kept at a suitable temperature to better stimulate the appetite of the elderly.

Pay attention to oral health and adjust your diet.

When the elderly are old and their teeth are loose, they should pay more attention to oral health care, especially to insist on brushing their teeth every day, cleaning their teeth in time to prevent food residues from causing bacterial breeding, if the teeth are lost, they should be patched in time, do not resist wearing dentures, and the elderly should choose more chewy and digestible foods in their diet. Try to chew the dishes as much as possible when eating to increase your appetite.

The effect of the drug causes the elderly to not like to eat.

Antibiotics such as erythromycin, some traditional Chinese medicines, such as rhubarb, cork, rehmannia and other herbs have the effect of suppressing appetite.

Nutritional imbalance causes the elderly to not like to eat.

When the elderly have a picky eating phenomenon, it is easy to lead to nutritional ignorance and the problem of positive balance. Therefore, the daily diet should pay attention to a reasonable match, pay attention to meat and vegetables, the thickness of the mix is even, it is best to insist on eating 300 to 500 grams of cereals every day, 400 to 500 grams of fruits and vegetables, fish, meat, eggs and other meat food every day to control about 125 to 200 grams. Pay attention to coarse grains as much as possible to eat during the day, so as not to affect digestion, it is best to boil porridge or drink with clear water and clear fruits and vegetables, in addition to eat less red meat, eat more chicken, fish, and maintain a light diet.

Eat in a cheerful and cheerful mood.

Poor mood will also affect appetite, so maintaining a cheerful and happy mood is also the key to improving the problem of loss of appetite, maintaining a relaxed atmosphere when eating, not wanting to talk about those things that affect the mood, smoking less and drinking less, and ensuring that the work and rest are normal, exercising and working more, which can effectively promote stomach emptying and increase the sensitivity of taste buds.

The first is to maintain a pleasant dining atmosphere, and second, to enhance appetite to ensure a balanced intake of nutrients, usually accompany the elderly, if the elderly have indigestion, you can eat foods that are easy to digest and contain more fiber.

1.Spleen strengthening method: suitable for the elderly who do not know the taste of food, fatigue and weakness, loose stools, or anemia.

You can use 30 grams of white lentils, fry yellow, grind, decoction in water, once a day; Or use an appropriate amount of yam powder, boil porridge and eat, once a day; or fried bean sprouts, spiced with vinegar, and eaten daily; Or use 10 grams of astragalus and 10 grams of codonopsis, add water and stew slightly, and drink as tea. Consuming Poria cocos cake also has a certain effect. Chinese patent medicine can choose Xiangsha Liujun pills, take according to the instructions.

2.Digestion method: It is suitable for elderly patients with excessive diet, stagnation of the stomach and intestines, loss of appetite, belching and food odor, and acute diarrhea.

If it is caused by eating too much meat, you can use 30 grams of hawthorn, soak it in water as tea, or eat hawthorn cake and hawthorn slices; If it is caused by overeating rice food, use 15 grams of fried grain sprouts, brew with boiling water, and drink it as tea; For those who have eaten pasta, 15 grams of fried malt and boiling water should be brewed as tea; Those who have eaten wine and food can use 15 grams of Divine Comedy, brew with boiling water, and filter the juice to drink. Any loss of appetite caused by dietary stagnation can be served with 15 grams of chicken gold, roasted, ground and washed with warm boiled water; Or use 1 white radish, chopped and decoction to drink. Proprietary Chinese medicine can be used as Bohol pills, take as directed.

3.Turbidity method: It is suitable for the elderly with loss of appetite, turbidity in the mouth, and bad breath.

You can use 10 grams of Huoxiang, 6 grams of lotus leaves, soak in boiling water, and take it as tea; You can also use 3 grams of sand kernels, 3 grams of white cardamom, soaked in boiling water, and drink as tea; You can also use a small amount of tea leaves, boiling water, note: usually those with a hot stomach, can use green tea, and those with a cold stomach can use black tea; The tea should be light but not strong. Using celery and bean sprouts to cook and eat with meals also has a certain effect.

Chinese patent medicine can be Huoxiang Zhengqi Water (or capsules, or pills), and take it as directed. 4.Appetizer:

It is suitable for the elderly with loss of appetite, stomach bloating and belching. You can use 6 grams of tangerine peel, 3 slices of ginger, boiling water, soak for 10 minutes and then take it once a day; You can also use vinegar to mix bitter gourd, once a day, with a meal. Tap the Zusanli acupoint every day, 5 minutes each time, 2 3 times a day, for a period of time, can strengthen the spleen and stomach function.

For proprietary Chinese medicines, you can choose Stomach Digesting Tablets and take them as directed. 5.Shengjin Method:

It is suitable for the elderly with loss of appetite, dry mouth, lack of saliva, red tongue and less lichen. You can use 6 grams of black plum, 10 grams of hawthorn, boiled water, and drink as tea; Or 3 grams of Sichuan pepper, 10 grams of wheat winter, soaked in boiling water, and drunk as tea. You can also take olives, or plums and apricots in your mouth, and let them grow.

Chinese patent medicine can be used as a large yin pill or stomach nourishing soothing, and take it according to the instructions.

Answer 1: The level of consciousness of the elderly is reduced, and the elderly do not want to eat or cannot eat, which is common in diseases of the central nervous system, such as cerebral infarction, cerebral hemorrhage, brain tumors or advanced malignant tumors of various systems of the body, and some metabolic diseases, such as hepatic encephalopathy, diabetic ketoacidosis, etc. These diseases cause a decrease in the level of consciousness of the elderly, who are unable to eat;

2. The elderly want to eat, but can't eat, common in the glottis or throat muscle diseases, such as glottis insufficiency, that is, the so-called true bulbar palsy or tumors of the stomach and esophagus, choking after eating and repeated long-term aspiration, causing the elderly to fear eating and so on.

When an old man is old, he is like a child, coaxing him to eat, or buy something he wants to eat, and if he really doesn't want to eat, wait until he is hungry.

If you don't eat it, he will feel distressed, and he will eat it, and if there is really anything that he can't eat, he will have to go to the hospital, haha,