Senile skin atrophy

Introduction to senile skin atrophy Senile skin atrophy (atrophiacutissenilis) is a physiological atrophy of the skin in the elderly. Due to the influence of certain internal environment or external environment, it can promote the early aging and degeneration of the skin, which has certain pathological significance. basic knowledge The proportion of sickness: 0.5% (the above is the incidence of the elderly) Susceptible people: the elderly Mode of infection: non-infectious Complications: malnutrition

Causes of senile skin atrophy

(1) Causes of the disease

The skin is affected by the internal environment like other tissues of the human body, and the appearance of organ function or endocrine and metabolic disorders, or the external environment of the wind, the role of physical conditions of sunlight, or the influence of genetic factors can promote early skin aging and skin atrophy. disease.

Chinese medicine believes that the elderly are weak, the blood is declining, and the kidney is insufficient.

(two) pathogenesis

The external environment or the internal environment, genetic factors, etc., cause early skin aging and skin atrophy.

Senile skin atrophy prevention

Try to prevent the influence of the environment inside and outside the machine as much as possible, avoid the effects of long-term sun exposure, wind blowing and other physical factors, often massage the skin, improve the blood circulation, delay the premature aging and degeneration of the skin, and properly use skin cream or vitamin E cream to metabolize the skin. Improvement has certain benefits.

Senile skin atrophy complications Complications malnutrition

Generally no special complications.

Senile skin atrophy symptoms Common symptoms Dry skin wrinkles on the forehead suddenly increase the fine wrinkles of telangiectasia freckles

Aging skin is meager, dry, and the surface gloss is poorly elastic and slack. The skin of the eyelids and the skin of the neck are shrunk, the skin is deep, sagging, and often black pigmentation or hypopigmentation (white spots), telangiectasia appears. Red capillary hemangioma (red dot), sebaceous glands overflow, seborrheic dermatitis, seborrheic keratosis and freckles in the elderly, skin blemishes in the wrinkles, whitening of the hair or early baldness, eyebrows, Nasal hair, ear canal and perianal hair are bristles, and the deck has malnutrition changes, thickening, browning and mediastinum.

Examination of senile skin atrophy

Histopathology: epidermis atrophy, nail protrusion disappeared, the boundary between epidermis and dermis was flattened, dermis thinned, collagen fiber basophilic degeneration, elastic fiber rupture, number decreased, skin tissue mucopolysaccharide content decreased, sweat gland, sebaceous gland atrophy decreased.

Diagnosis and diagnosis of senile skin atrophy

According to the clinical manifestations, the characteristics of skin lesions and histopathological features can be diagnosed.

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