"Sarcopenia" is divided into two types: acute and chronic! Which subject should I look for? How to detect it? Sarcopenia s authority, Chen Lianggong tells you once

The top peak of muscle mass in ordinary people is at the age of 25, and then it will slowly lose year by year. After the age of 50, the loss will begin to accelerate, and the progress of sarcopenia will become faster and faster.

As Taiwanese people get older and older, their average life expectancy has reached 81.3 years old. Therefore, "elderly diseases" have become a subject that must be paid attention to, and the one that is also highly concerned is "sarcopenia". Chen Lianggong, president of Guandu Hospital of Taipei City Hospital and director of the Asian Debilitation and Sarcopenia Association, pointed out that Sarcopenia not only affects physical health, mobility, quality of life, but also increases risk of falls, dysfunction, morbidity, disability and mortality. So how should we determine whether we have sarcopenia? If it is really sarcopenia, which department should I go to?

25-year-old muscle strength peak

Over the average person's muscle mass peak is 25 years old, and then it will slowly lose year by year. After 50 years old, the loss will start to accelerate, and the progress of sarcopenia will become faster and faster. At this time, you will begin to feel that your physical strength is not as good as before. At the age of 65, 5 to 10% of them suffer from sarcopenia, and at the age of 80, it may reach 30%.

There are two types of sarcopenia. Currently, European sarcopenia diagnosis is divided into "acute and chronic sarcopenia": acute sarcopenia is mostly related to sudden serious illness and bedding. Because the disease consumes energy and loses muscle strength quickly during hospitalization, it is difficult and slow to recover again. Therefore, when treating acute diseases, the medical team cannot ignore nutrients and protein intake; in addition, chronic sarcopenia is related to daily habits and chronic disease management. The growth of sarcopenia is mostly acute and chronic interactions.

The chance of sarcopenia in diabetes is twice that of ordinary people

What are the high-risk groups of sarcopenia? Chen Lianggong said that patients with chronic diseases such as diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and heart failure may all be high-risk groups for sarcopenia. For example, patients with diabetes will consume energy all the time, so the chance of suffering from sarcopenia is twice that of ordinary people. In addition, patients with chronic kidney disease will also lose proteinuria, which will cause protein loss, and will also cause muscle loss. If chronic diseases are not well controlled, you should pay attention.

Also because sarcopenia is a disease affected by the interaction between diseases and life. In addition to the above diseases, what you need to pay more attention to in life is movement and nutrition. However, growth often results in insufficient protein intake due to poor teeth, difficult to chew in meat, and long-term vegetarianism, which may cause more serious muscle loss. If the boss does not have special diseases or special instructions from the doctor, he does not need special nutritional intake; if there are certain diseases, he or she needs to consult a professional nutritionist or doctor.

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5 Tips to teach you how to master the quality and amount of your own muscles

Because sarcopenia refers to the decrease in muscle quality and amount caused by aging, both of them need to be tested at the same time:

Test "muscle volume (muscle amount)" 1. Please sit gently on the chair. 2. Use both hands to circle the thumb and index finger to measure the thickest part of your calves. If you can circle it, the amount of muscle may be too small. 3. You can also ask others to measure the thickest part of the calf with a tape measure. The standards for men are 34 cm and 33 cm for women are lower than this number, and the chance of suffering from sarcopenia is high.

Test "Muscle Quality (the muscle strength that can be generated by the size of a single muscle)" 1. Sit on a stable and firm chair with both hands in your chest. 2. Quickly sit up and sit up 5 times and pass the exam within 12 seconds.

Which department should I look for sarcopenia?

For sarcopenia diagnosis, systemic muscle mass testing is required, but not every medical institution has professional equipment, so you can consult the hospital's hypertrophy center. Because the number of people suffering from sarcopenia is increasing gradually and may encounter situations when they grow, people can also consult the geriatric medical department, the New Dai-Cheng doctor, or the Rehabilitation department, and start to adjust their diet and exercise habits.