The elderly's indigestive _'s general knowledge

The elderly's indigestive _'s general knowledge
After entering senescence phase, the same as other systems of whole body, the failing change takes place in the physiological function of the digestive system organ, because digest and absorb function, subside gradually, so apt to take place indigestion. The elderly's gingivae withers, teeth cause and loss because of the long-term abrasion, chew and become difficult, make the food fail to be fully chewed and crushed, is swallowed in the stomach, thus aggravate the burden of the stomach. The elderly's digestive tract mucous membrane, body of gland are withering. Oral cavity mucous membrane wither, make sense of taste to be obtuse, cause old man like, take some different to digest thick the intersection of bad smell and food; It causes the secretion amount of the daily saliva to be lowered to 1/3 of young people that the salivary gland withers; The secretion of the gastric juice drops to young 1/5 too. Not only in the elderly digestive juice not only the content of digestive ferment is reduced, but also its activity is obviously reduced, the ability to digest food drops greatly, so can cause indigestion. The elderly's gastrointestinal smooth muscle fibre withers, elasticity is weakened, often cause the viscera to be flagging, the intestines and stomach are slow expansion and gastrointestinal tract wriggle slowly, unable, so make the elderly's mechanical digestion power weaken. Studies have suggested in ulcer in the indigestive patient, more than half patient have stomach empty, delay. The elderly are apt to have an indigestion, diminish the health. So the elderly eat should be with the jewelry, nutritious, is rich in protein, vitamin, cellulose, it is the most suitable to be few and fatty. Should chew carefully and swallow slowly while taking food, let saliva fully mix with food, has so already helped to strengthen the appetite, benefit the digestion and absorption of the food again, relieve indigestion.
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