s8725074 2010-7-25 11:11
虛弱症候群
<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 標楷體; mso-bidi-font-family: 新細明體; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">天微微亮,她(媽媽)輕輕走到我身邊,沒聲沒息地坐下來。年老的女人都會這樣嗎?身子愈來愈瘦,腳步愈來愈輕,聲音愈來愈弱,神情愈來愈退縮,也就是說,人逐漸逐漸退為影子。<SPAN lang=EN-US>(</SPAN>摘自《目送》<SPAN lang=EN-US>)</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 新細明體; mso-bidi-font-family: 新細明體; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 標楷體; mso-bidi-font-family: 新細明體; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">有時候我們看到這樣的阿公阿嬤,會覺得他們看起來好虛弱。但虛弱是一種病嗎?<SPAN lang=EN-US><BR></SPAN>事實上,美國約翰霍普金斯醫院老年醫學科主任佛瑞德(<SPAN lang=EN-US>Linda Fried</SPAN>)在<SPAN lang=EN-US>2001</SPAN>年首度為虛弱症候群(<SPAN lang=EN-US>Frailty</SPAN>)下了定義及五個臨床指標,包括體重在一年內減輕<SPAN lang=EN-US>5</SPAN>%、肌握力變差、費力(病人一週內至少有<SPAN lang=EN-US>3</SPAN>天以上做每件事都要花很大力氣,甚至沒力氣做事)、行動遲緩、體能活動度下降(台灣目前是參照美國的標準,男性一週內活動消耗少於<SPAN lang=EN-US>383</SPAN>卡,女性小於<SPAN lang=EN-US>270</SPAN>卡)。</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 新細明體; mso-bidi-font-family: 新細明體; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><BR></SPAN><U><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 標楷體; mso-bidi-font-family: 新細明體; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">還有另一項指標可以注意,就是老爸老媽的睡眠狀況:虛弱的病人會睡得比較多,但活力卻下降,做起事來沒精神。</SPAN></U><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 新細明體; mso-bidi-font-family: 新細明體; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><BR></SPAN><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:PersonName w:st="on" ProductID="詹鼎正"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 標楷體; mso-bidi-font-family: 新細明體; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">詹鼎正</SPAN></st1:PersonName><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 標楷體; mso-bidi-font-family: 新細明體; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">醫師表示,虛弱會導致跌倒、失能、住院、住進養護之家的機率提高,也較容易死亡。<SPAN lang=EN-US><BR></SPAN>所以,<U>最重要還是要鼓勵爸媽運動。</U>有動才有活力。像電影《戀愛沒有假期(<SPAN lang=EN-US>The Holiday</SPAN>)》中,艾麗絲為了幫助<SPAN lang=EN-US>90</SPAN>歲的亞瑟不用助行器就能走上台接受表揚,陪著他在泳池裡走路,就是<st1:PersonName w:st="on" ProductID="詹鼎正">詹鼎正</st1:PersonName>醫師很建議的適合老年人的運動。除此之外,騎腳踏車、快步行走也都是很好的選擇;不過他也提醒,如果關節有問題的爸爸媽媽還是要量力而為,而且運動之前、之後都要做暖身及伸展操,避免運動傷害。</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 新細明體; mso-bidi-font-family: 新細明體; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"><BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"></SPAN>