Drowsiness is what ordinary people say “take a nap”. It is also common in elderly patients. Causes of senile sleepiness are caused by physical and environmental factors. Symptoms of extreme daytime sleepiness are more common in young people under the age of 30 and older people over the age of 75. Researchers explained that the presence of such symptoms in young people implies that they often suffer from lack of sleep or depression, and the elderly are due to a growing number of diseases and health problems.

Drug factors

Mainly after the role of hypnotic drugs, because some sleep drugs have a longer duration of action, coupled with the slow metabolism of the elderly, liver and kidney function, are more likely to appear after the role of hypnotics, so that the next day after getting up tired, lethargy, and other governance High blood pressure can also cause drowsiness.

Physical factors

1. Anemia: snooze with pale

Tiredness and drowsiness are the most common symptoms of anemia. They may also be accompanied by dizziness, headache, tinnitus, vertigo, and lack of concentration. These symptoms are due to anemia caused by lack of oxygen in the muscle or nervous system. Although modern people are already very rich in food, due to absorption, cooking and other reasons, the absorption of iron and certain amino acids can still not meet the needs of the body, it may lead to anemia.

2. Severe brain hypoxia: slumber and unresponsive

Long-term hypoxia not only causes drowsiness, fatigue, and drowsiness but also produces a series of mental and neurological symptoms, such as memory loss, abnormal behavior, personality changes, etc., which sometimes seem to be a little “dark and unresponsive.” The brain is the center of human body’s domination, and the oxygen consumption of the brain accounts for 25% of the total oxygen consumption of the whole body. Many office buildings are now located in buildings. The lack of air circulation can easily lead to chronic hypoxia in the brain.

Therefore, we must actively improve the working environment, ventilation, and actively participate in aerobic exercises, such as walking, jogging, deep breathing and so on.

3. Liver problems: snooze and yellow skin

Patients with liver disease are prone to feeling physical fatigue, accompanied by a yellowish skin, loss of appetite, tired of oil, nausea and so on. Long-term feeling tired, fatigue, drowsiness, please seek medical attention in time, so as not to cause liver disease. The liver is an important organ that needs to be raised. The work of the liver is very laborious. Therefore, we must try our best to reduce the burden on the liver. Among them, alcohol is harmful to the liver. Therefore, for people with liver diseases, alcohol must not be used. Long-term foods that eat oil can cause fatty liver, so you need to control fat intake. Eat less greasy food.

4. Diabetes is happening: snoozing and difficult to wake up

Long-term fatigue and lethargy during the day may also be the onset of diabetes. In fact, diabetics are twice as likely to have daytime sleepiness as other people because diabetes is a metabolic disease. Therefore, the manifestations of this disease are various and lack specificity. In order to prevent us from regularly checking blood glucose, we attach importance to the annual physical examination activities. If the blood glucose is at a critical value, the doctor will recommend further examinations, such as glucose tolerance test, early diagnosis of active treatment, so that the control of blood glucose at a normal level is the most important method.

5. Sleepy breathing disorders: snooze and snoring loudly

In addition to daytime sleepiness, fatigue, and lethargy, the observations at night will be loud and loud, accompanied by intermittent pauses in breathing.

The cause of drowsiness and weakness is the lack of oxygen in the body caused by apnea during sleep. The lack of oxygen in the body can make all the organs of the body not get a good rest. Frequent apneas interrupt the deep sleep and cause sleep quality. decline. Change sleep posture: If you are accustomed to sleeping in the supine position, change your posture to a side position and your snoring symptoms will ease. When necessary, seek help from a doctor for sleep-breathing monitoring to determine if there is sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome.

6. Heart disease signal: even if you wake up very tired

Fatigue and fatigue are common symptoms of various heart diseases. Heart disease can make blood circulation poor, and metabolic waste (mainly lactic acid) can accumulate in tissues, stimulate nerve endings, and cause fatigue. Fatigue can be light and heavy, light can be careless, and heavy can hinder work. However, heart disease fatigue is not special, and it is indistinguishable from fatigue caused by other diseases. In addition, there are symptoms such as shortness of breath in addition to fatigue. Heart disease focuses on prevention. In life, we must control weight and quit smoking. A reasonable diet is recommended to achieve “three lows,” namely, low calorie, low fat, and low cholesterol. A proper amount of exercise is conducive to enhancing heart function and promoting normal metabolism of the body, especially for promoting fat metabolism and preventing the occurrence of atherosclerosis.

Psychological factors

Mental depression is the most important risk factor causing extreme sleepiness during the day.

Treatment

When the elderly appear drowsiness, they should promptly find out the cause of drowsiness and timely treatment. Brain lesions and medical conditions should be considered first. When the elderly are ill, the symptoms are often not obvious, only the performance of lethargy, so it is often easy to ignore. E.g

The subdural hematoma of the elderly often forgets the history of trauma, and there is no clinical headache or vomiting. It only shows drowsiness and indifference.

The main manifestation of pneumonia in the elderly is fatigue and lethargy.

Drug-induced drowsiness, as long as you master the amount of medication and time taken, switch to use or disable, lethargy can be overcome

If it is an environment-induced drowsiness, you should arrange the daily life of the old people and properly participate in the literary life. Do not let the elderly feel lonely, lonely and monotonous.