跌倒問題多,銀髮族愛注意(懶人包)

跌倒問題多,銀髮族愛注意(懶人包)

「昨天隔壁老王在家摔了一跤,聽說很嚴重啊!」「唉呦!該不會要開刀吧?!」「送到醫院後,醫師說要開刀啊!剛遇到他女兒,說老王現在躺在病床上動彈不得呢!」「唉,我們都這把年紀了,骨頭斷掉後再開個刀,怎麼撐得住呢!麻煩啊!你記不記得五年前,我堂姊摔倒後兩三個月就過去了…老王可是有場硬仗要面對了!」你是否也曾經歷過類似的對話呢?根據世界衛生組織的統計,每年約有三成的六十五歲以上長者會遇上跌倒,機率可說是非常高。既然銀髮族跌倒的案例時有所聞,究竟我們該注意哪些問題,請一同關心。...
強烈撕裂性胸痛 – 主動脈剝離(懶人包)

強烈撕裂性胸痛 – 主動脈剝離(懶人包)

白映俞 醫師 主動脈剝離是急症,患者可能在幾秒內,從「原來好好的」變「強烈撕裂性胸痛」。更重要的是,主動脈剝離經常很要命。一起來看懶人包! (點我看心臟病發警訊動畫!) 主動脈剝離指的是主動脈結構出問題,血管內膜上有個小型的撕裂處(結構有問題處),使原本在主動脈內流動的血液經過內膜撕裂處時,血液從真腔(血液原本的流動之處)進入主動脈壁受傷後產生的假腔(因為結構受傷而產生的夾層)中。...
Giving Birth to My Mother into English

Giving Birth to My Mother into English

Those of us who are 1.5 generation often have some fluency in our heritage language, in my case Mandarin Chinese.  Because I left Taiwan before receiving education in the Chinese school system, at home I grew up speaking “Chinglish” – a smattering of Chinese words...

Our Immigrant Chinese Mothers

It was in 1993 that comedian Jeff Foxworthy came out with his “You Might be a Redneck if…” jokes.  Since then, many, many other folks have riffed off of these hilarious one-liners, customizing the humor to their own personal circumstances. I’ve always wanted to do the...