How to avoid aspiration and foraging in the elderly
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2024-11-18 14:24
Many people in the family often suffer from aspiration and foraging. Old people who have aspiration can cause difficulty breathing, coughing, and bruises on the face. Severe points can cause suffocation and even life-threatening. And aspiration is one of the main causes of aspiration pneumonia in the elderly. When the old people eat some over-dried foods or some lumps, they do not go through sufficient chewing and a uniform mixture of saliva to enter the pharynx, and stay in the stenosis of the esophagus, such as the piriform fossa, the ring cartilage or the aortic arch. At this time, the elderly will feel chest tightness, blockage after the sternum, cough, suffocation, and inability to speak.
The reason why older people suffer from aspiration and foraging is because they have a feeling of the throat, a decrease in consciousness, a weakened coordination function, and a decrease in the absorption and reflexes as they get older. This leads to paralysis and errors in liquids and foods. Suck. Some elderly people usually take certain drugs and may cause food swallowing disorders.
The elderly are embarrassed, if the food is relatively small, you can solve it with moderate drinking water. Otherwise, press the upper abdomen to raise the intragastric pressure, let the food retrograde, or let the old man bend over and gently rub the back of the old man to make the food drain. If the situation is urgent, you can put a fist under the patient's xiphoid force to force the upper abdomen in the direction of the diaphragm, causing a strong airflow in the trachea, causing the foreign body blocking the airway to spurt out. This method is disabled for coronary heart disease and the elderly. If the elderly have aspiration, then stop drinking water for a long time, let the old man be in the head low position, pat the old man's back, let the old man use a cough to discharge foreign objects; if the situation is more serious, you should immediately carry out the local rescue. Quickly remove the foreign body in the throat of the old man and let the breathing flow smoothly.
In order to effectively prevent the elderly from aspiration and paralysis, it is best to prepare semi-liquid food for the elderly on weekdays, such as egg tarts, pureed vegetables, thick porridge and other foods. Liquid foods and solid foods should be separated. Liquid foods with more water will cause cough and Aspiration. When the elderly eat, they usually use the sitting position or the semi-sitting position. The elderly who need to stay in bed for a long time need to raise the bedside by 30-45 degrees. After eating, they can't immediately lie flat. They should sit or sit for 30 minutes. the above.
Usually, the elderly perform more training on swallowing functions, such as stretching the tongue and blowing the air to improve the sensitivity of swallowing reflexes. Remind the elderly not to be too fast during the eating process, and don't talk to others. The family members who feed the old people should not urge the elderly to eat. The amount of food per scoop should not be too large, and the speed should be slower, so that the elderly can fully chew and swallow.
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