Geriatrics Frequently Asked Questions
What is a geriatrician?
一种老年医生is a primary care physician who cares for older adults, especially people 65 and older. Geriatricians have the additional training and experience needed to care for older adults, who often begin to experience more complex health issues as they age.
老年人在老年人中治疗的情况很多，包括：
- arthritis: inflammation of your joints that causes pain and stiffness
- 阿尔茨海默氏病：一种渐进的痴呆形式，会影响您的记忆，思维和行为
- 平衡问题: problems caused by weakened hips, ankles, and inner ear disorders
- 癌症：由异常细胞引起的一组疾病，这些疾病会分裂并可以散布在您的整个体内
- 失智: a condition that affects your memory, thinking, behavior, and language
- diabetes：一种代谢疾病，会损害您的神经，肾脏和其他器官
- 脆弱：健康的逐渐下降和削弱，以身体力量的丧失和增加的疾病脆弱性为特征
- 听力损失andvision loss: common disorders of your ears and eyes marked by loss of function
- heart disease：多种心血管疾病会损害心脏功能
- 失眠: a sleep disorder that makes it hard to fall and stay asleep
- 骨关节炎：关节失去软骨，导致疼痛和僵硬
- osteoporosis: a loss of bone density that causes your bones to grow weaker
- urinary incontinence：失去膀胱控制
There are five areas geriatricians use to categorize an older adult’s care, including:
- matters most: patients dealing withpalliative或临终关怀
- 药物：难以管理和服用多种药物的患者
- 心理：认知和行为健康问题的患者
- mobility: patients who are prone to falling or who have lost mobility
- 多复杂性：处理持续伤害和慢性病的患者
Some of the most common procedures geriatricians perform include:
- 脓肿治疗
- 删除异物
- 关节注射
- 膝盖和臀部护理
- 去除皮肤标签，痣和囊肿
- skin biopsiesand皮肤癌治疗
- wart therapy
The age at which you start seeing a geriatrician depends on many factors, including your lifestyle, chronic conditions, medications, and more.
您可能想拜访老年医生：
- are interested in receiving lifestyle guidance as an older adult
- 经历了脆弱或损害的增加
- have started to feel symptoms of diseases associated with aging, such as dementia
- live with chronic conditions that require complex care
- 服用多种药物