Geriatrics Frequently Asked Questions
What is a geriatrician?
Ageriatrician是一个关心老年人的主要护理医师，尤其是65人和老年人。老年人有需要照顾老年人所需的额外培训和经验，他们经常开始在年龄的年龄段的情况下经历更复杂的健康问题。
There are many conditions that geriatricians treat in older adults, including:
- 关节炎: inflammation of your joints that causes pain and stiffness
- Alzheimer’s disease: a progressive form of dementia that affects your memory, thinking, and behavior
- balance issues：臀部，脚踝和内耳紊乱引起的问题
- cancer: a group of diseases caused by abnormal cells that divide and can spread throughout your body
- dementia：一种影响您的记忆，思维，行为和语言的条件
- diabetes: a metabolic disease that can damage your nerves, kidneys, and other organs
- frailty: the gradual decline and weakening of your health, marked by loss of physical strength and increased vulnerability to diseases
- hearing loss和vision loss: common disorders of your ears and eyes marked by loss of function
- 心脏病: a wide range of cardiovascular diseases that damage heart functionality
- insomnia: a sleep disorder that makes it hard to fall and stay asleep
- osteoarthritis: a loss of cartilage in your joints that causes pain and stiffness
- osteoporosis：损失的骨密度导致你的骨骼变弱
- 尿失禁: a loss of bladder control
There are five areas geriatricians use to categorize an older adult’s care, including:
- matters most: patients dealing withpalliativeor end-of-life care
- medication: patients who have trouble managing and taking multiple medications
- mind: patients with cognitive and behavioral health issues
- 流动性：倾向于下降或失去移动性的患者
- multi-complexity: patients who manage ongoing injuries and chronic illnesses
Some of the most common procedures geriatricians perform include:
- abscess treatment
- foreign object removal
- joint injections
- knee and hip care
- removal of skin tags, moles, and cysts
- skin biopsies和skin cancer treatment
- wart therapy
您开始看到老年人的年龄取决于许多因素，包括您的生活方式，慢性病，药物等等。
You may want to visit a geriatrician if you:
- 有兴趣接受作为老年人的生活方式指导
- have experienced increased frailty or impairment
- 已经开始感受与衰老相关的疾病的症状，例如痴呆症
- live with chronic conditions that require complex care
- take multiple medications