In senile sarcopenia, muscles are replaced by fat. Why is this condition dangerous and how to avoid it - the doctor explains
Let me tell you about senile sarcopenia - the state of the body when muscles are replaced by fat, and the person becomes weak and inactive.
It used to be thought that it is - attack those over seventy. But now I am constantly confronted with this condition in relatively young people.
Patient case: senile decrepitude came at 50
Recently, a pretty 50-year-old woman came to me; she works as a manager in a bank.
Complains about weakness, fatigue, poor concentration, constipation, persistent cold hands and feet (indicating circulatory problems).
Height 160, weight 54 kg, waist circumference 72 cm.
At first glance at its parameters, everything is normal, including with such normal indicators as body mass index and waist circumference.
But bioimpedance showed that in her body as much as 35 percent fat, with a rate of up to 30 percent.
And the muscles are much below the threshold values, the so-called muscle atrophy. it
the state of presarkopenia, the beginning of senile decrepitude.With additional research, I found thyroid problems and a noticeable decrease in bone density (osteoporosis). Considering that a woman essentially does not have a muscle frame that would hold her bones, in the near future this can lead to fractures that are difficult to heal. A person can sleep. A woman in her prime. What to do?
How to get out of this state?
I have already written to you many times that our body is amazingly merciful and grateful. You just need to be attentive to him.
Giving him what he needs to feel alive - exercise.
Housework is not enough, you have to walk, squat, do a little push-ups, swim, stretch, do yoga, exercise therapy.
Avoid fried and pickled foods, eat more meat and vegetables.
Given the diagnosis, I prescribed hormone replacement therapy for the thyroid gland and began to compensate for the osteopenia. The first results are encouraging, the weakness has disappeared. Further - it's up to the woman herself. If he continues to move, he will live a full life. No - it will return to the state of "Lord, when I am already exhausted."
Who is at risk
And finally: sarcopenia is constantly gaining new positions. I found this condition in men and women, and in thin, and in fat, and even in their thirties. If you do not move, sit at the computer all day - old age comes after you.
Your Doctor Pavlova
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