Seniors Are Vulner
Jusi as young people may be- think their health is excellent,
lieve they arc indestructible. Others just can't imagine that they
many older people fall victim could end up injured or uncon
to the belief that bad things happen scious in an emergency room.
only to oilier people?not to them. But the facts say something dif
Somc with "silent" diseases such ferent: over 90 million Americans
as high blood pressure feel fine and arc treated in hospital emergency
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able In Me
iDoms cach year, many of them
older people with chronic condi
tions such as hypertension, heart
disease, diabetes and taking multi
ple medications.
"No one expects a medical emer
gency, but the unexpected does
happen," said Dr. Charlotte Yeh.
chief of the Emergency Department
at Ncwton-Wcllcslcy Hospital in
Massachusetts.
Elderly Have Special Problems
Older people often arrive at the
emergency room in serious condi
tion because they have put off seek
ing care, doctors say. Or they may
be injured, in pain or unconscious
from an accident or a medical cri
sis.
The stress of a medical emer
gency may cause older people to
forget vital information, and the
many who go to the emergency
room alone have no one to provide
that information to doctors and oili
er medical personnel.
But accurate medical data must
be available quickly to help avoid
life-threatening delays.
Having that information could
help me save your life," said Dr.
dical Emergencies
Sicphaii G. Lynn, director of the
Department of Emergency Medic
ine at St. Lukc's-Roosevclt Hos
pital Center in New York.
Wearing emergency medical id
entification, such as the Medic
Alert emblem, can ensure that a
person's critical medical informa
tion will be available in times of
need, and is particularly important
protection for seniors.
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Managing Pain
Is Challenge For
Arthritis Sufferers
Learning to live with clironic
pain may be the most challenging
aspect of having arthritis, reports
the Arthritis Foundation.
The way you manage pain can
have a big effect on how you feel.
You play a significant role in the
management of your health care.
This role includes using techniques
to maintain mobility and strength,
reduce pain and balance the benefi
cial and adverse effects of medica
tion.
"Everyone reacts to pain differ
ently," said Arthur Gray/el, M.D.,
the Arthritis Foundation's senior
vice president for medical affairs.
"Pain is physical, but it also is af
fected by psychological factors. It's
possible to be caught in a vicious
cycle of pain, depression and stress.
TTie first step in learning to handle
pain is to believe you can help
yourself, and then to take steps to
ward accomplishing this goal,"
Gray/el said.
By learning relaxation tech
niques, you can help reverse the ef
fects of stress and give yourself a
sense of control and well-being.
Deep breathing, muscle relaxation
and biofeedback arc some of the
more popular relaxation techniques.