The elderly at home suddenly lose weight for no reason, beware of 4 potential serious illnesses! Not all easy

As the saying goes: money can't buy old and thin!

Once a person is fat, the source of all evil will naturally appear! Many chronic diseases are related to obesity, including diabetes, hyperlipidemia, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and liver diseases.

Doctors believe that maintaining a normal body weight after reaching old age can reduce the risk of chronic diseases, which is beneficial to health.

From a scientific point of view, maintaining a normal weight is indeed the foundation of good health and can prevent chronic diseases.

However, if the weight of the elderly has been very stable before, and there is no deliberate diet or exercise to lose weight.

The following four types of diseases, or the murderer behind the weight loss:

First, sarcopenia

This is a disease that occurs most frequently in the elderly. Under normal circumstances, there are more than 600 muscles in the human body, and their total weight accounts for about 1/3 of the body weight. They form the body together with connective tissue and bones. The human body can stand and move normally.

After the age of 30, the muscle mass of the human body will begin to gradually lose; after the age of 70, the muscle mass will drop by about 40%, and after the age of 80, the muscle loss will be more serious, which can reach more than 50%.

When muscle deficiency reaches a certain level, sarcopenia can be induced. Its typical symptoms are lower extremity weakness, chassis instability, and often occur together with osteoporosis;

Clinical studies have found that sarcopenia not only limits the daily activities of the elderly, but may also induce other problems, such as compression fractures and joint damage.

Therefore, if the elderly are found to lose weight rapidly recently, they should be alert to the onset of sarcopenia.

Second, diabetes

Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disease with high incidence in the elderly, and its pathogenesis is related to the decline of pancreatic islet function and insulin resistance.

Because blood sugar cannot be broken down into energy expenditure by insulin in time, it eventually causes a rapid rise in blood sugar.

Third, hyperthyroidism

The clinical full name of hyperthyroidism is "hyperthyroidism", and its typical manifestation is the abnormal secretion of thyroid hormones. Under normal circumstances, thyroxine plays a role in promoting metabolism and physical development.

When the thyroid hormone is secreted too much, it will speed up the energy consumption of the human body, and at the same time it will stimulate the nervous system to excite, and the patient may have abnormal performance such as eating too much, losing weight quickly, and being short-tempered.

Fourth, malignant tumors

In addition to the above types of diseases, abnormal weight loss in the elderly may also be a signal of the arrival of cancer.

In particular, canceration that occurs in organs related to digestion will destroy the patient's digestive function. At the same time, cancer cells also need more nutrients to support their development, so the patient will lose weight quickly.

For example, gastric cancer, liver cancer, colon cancer, pancreatic cancer, etc., can appear weight loss performance.

In general, any abnormal weight loss may be a sign of disease to report.

However, looking at the symptoms of weight loss alone, it is difficult to tell what is wrong with the body.

Therefore, when the elderly lose weight, they should actively conduct physical examinations, and combine other abnormal symptoms to determine what is wrong with the body.