Knowledge on prevention and treatment of chronic diseases

Many elderly people will suffer from some chronic diseases, and these chronic diseases are formed because they do not take careful care of themselves in daily life, so that they don’t know that they have some chronic diseases. They go to the hospital for examination only after the accident, but it is too late at this time. Therefore, in order to prevent chronic diseases, it is necessary for us to learn some relevant knowledge to raise our vigilance and prevent ourselves from suffering from these diseases.

Chronic diseases include many types of diseases, including cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, diabetes, chronic bronchitis and other diseases. The causes of these diseases are very complex, but their common feature is that they will harm human health. Moreover, in modern society, people can easily develop this chronic disease if they are not careful, so let’s take a look at the relevant prevention knowledge.

Hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, obesity, coronary heart disease, stroke and tumors are all multi-gene genetic diseases that are affected by both environmental and psychological factors. The sum of genetic and environmental factors determines whether a person is prone to disease, that is, susceptibility. The disease will only occur when this susceptibility reaches a certain level (exceeds the threshold). Obviously, to prevent disease, the higher the heritability of the disease, the more attention should be paid to controlling the influence of environmental and psychological factors to prevent the susceptibility from reaching the threshold of disease onset. The fatalistic view that focuses only on genetics and ignores intervention of modifiable risk factors is completely wrong. In fact, more than 80% of heart disease, stroke and diabetes, and more than 40% of cancers are preventable.

There is often a synergistic effect between chronic disease risk factors, that is, when two risk factors exist at the same time, their pathogenic effect is far greater than the sum of the effects of the two factors when they exist alone. Therefore, comprehensive intervention targeting all risk factors is most effective.

Taking into account the effects and costs of cardiovascular disease intervention, in addition to basic interventions in diet, exercise, and psychology, we recommend the following priority order of intervention: hypertension → diabetes → smoking → obesity → dyslipidemia → drinking. If carcinogenic effects are also considered, smoking cessation should be prioritized earlier. Of course, if circumstances permit, the best situation is to control all risk factors at the same time (comprehensive intervention has a good effect).

The above brings you relevant knowledge about the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases. I hope it will be helpful to you. When it comes to disease prevention and treatment, only by starting with small things and preventing diseases at an early stage can we ensure good health in the future. Many people think that they will not get this or that disease, but when they actually get the disease, they realize how regretful they are.