Symptoms of muscle atrophy in the elderly

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Muscular atrophy is a common disease in our life. Many friends are suffering from muscular atrophy for some reasons. So it is absolutely crucial to take care of themselves. In fact, the main cause of muscular atrophy is the disorder of systemic immune system, It causes some muscle atrophy in our body. If you want to cure the problem of muscle atrophy, you must understand some symptoms of muscle atrophy clearly. What are the symptoms of muscle atrophy? Let's talk about it.

Symptoms of muscle atrophy in the elderly

The first one is dysphagia. The patient has no digestive tract disease and has a good appetite, but he can't swallow good food or even water. When drinking water, it either chokes into the trachea to cause cough or flows out of the nostrils. Some patients have to rely on nasogastric tube because of severe dysphagia.

There is also a lot of patients in life will have the problem of chewing weakness, the patient's teeth are good, but when biting things, they feel very boring, even when biting steamed bread, the first few bites are OK, but the more they bite, the more they can't move. It's more difficult to eat pancakes and so on.

There is also the nasal voice and hoarseness, just like suffering from a cold. When some patients speak, their voice is OK in the first few minutes. After a little longer, their voice becomes hoarse and low, and finally they can't make any sound at all. It's the same with phone calls.

matters needing attention

Finally, we want to say how great the harm of muscle atrophy is, so it is most important to choose a regular hospital and accept the most authoritative treatment method to treat muscle atrophy, and do a good job of nursing at the same time.