Saturday, October 11, 2008

How to diagnose elderly obese?

For old age of diagnosis of obesity, is the first to examine the reasons for the rise of obesity, the difference is caused by disease or simple obesity.

According to the National Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine in obesity research meeting the standards set by the simple old age of the diagnostic criteria for obesity:

(1) from the history, physical examination and laboratory tests with the exception of symptoms (or secondary) of fat. Simple obesity in the appropriate conditions (water activities) weight changes significantly.

(2) more than the standard weight of more than 20% of body weight, fat percentage over 30%. According to the distribution of fat in patients with obesity, obesity can be divided into body-size (body fat), abdominal (to a large number of abdominal fat accumulation mainly), trunk-type (to the main trunk fat), Tunxing (mainly the accumulation of fat in the buttocks ).

Except for the symptoms of obesity could be considered for the following examinations: X-ray examination: whether to expand the sella, there are obvious bone osteoporosis. Blood test: Determination of cortisol, T3, T4, determination. Check urine: 17 - hydroxybutyrate, 17 --determination.

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