Many of them die, after falling, due to complications related to comorbidities, bed-related pneumonia, or are afraid to walk again, causing chronic pain and irreversible loss of mobility and independence.
5. Hypothermia
Older people feel cold and are more vulnerable to the effects of hypothermia Because they have less fat volume and more sensitive skin. Therefore, they are less protected from heat loss and are more easily affected by serious health problems that arise, such as respiratory infections, low pulse rate, loss of consciousness, and liver damage.
6. Bleeding
Especially in older people with cirrhosis or hepatitis or those over 75 years of age who regularly use clotting-thinning medications, such as heparin, warfarin, and aspirin, to prevent heart attacks and strokes, the risk of serious and fatal bleeding is greater. It can cause hypovolemic shock, with tachycardia, hypotension and neurological abnormalities.
7. Burning
It is difficult to treat in the elderly, mainly because their skin is very sensitive and fragile, they are less resistant to surgical treatments, and many of them suffer from diabetes, which makes the healing process very difficult.
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