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Inventory: Which types of elderly are not suitable for climbing during the Double Ninth Festival?

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Asked on:Mar 30, 2026 09:48 PM

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  • Melody Melody

    Mar 30, 2026

     

      Today is the Double Ninth Festival and the Elderly Day. elderly I already love mountain climbing, not to mention today is the Double Ninth Festival? Young people who are free will take their parents to climb mountains today to celebrate the festival ; Some young people who have no time will customize a climbing tour route for their parents as a gift for the Double Ninth Festival.
      
      Dongguan geriatrics experts said that although mountain climbing is a good fitness activity, it is not suitable for everyone, especially those with chronic diseases such as heart disease, hypertension, osteoarthritis, and diabetes. sexually transmitted diseases The old people who are in need should stop before the mountain is reached. Therefore, when Dongguan citizens take their elderly parents to climb mountains during the Double Ninth Festival, they should also pay attention to safety according to their physical condition.
      
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      Heart disease: climbing mountains can easily cause arrhythmia
      
      For doctors, if patients with osteoarthritis who climb mountains will be given a yellow card warning, then elderly patients with heart disease, hypertension, etc. who climb mountains will be given a red card and sent off. Li Rongguang told reporters that various organs in the elderly are declining, and mountain climbing is an exercise that consumes a lot of oxygen. If the mountain climbing exercise is too intense, it will cause fatigue and breathing difficulties in patients with poor physical fitness or heart disease. On the basis of their original heart disease, these people will have unstable heartbeats, lead to ventricular arrhythmia, and even sudden cardiac death in severe cases. In addition to heart disease patients, people of a certain age ( female Over 50 years old, male (over 40 years old) all belong to coronary heart disease High-risk groups, people who have suffered from high blood pressure and coronary heart disease, especially those with chronic coronary artery insufficiency, are not suitable for mountain climbing.
      
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      If you have a chronic disease, forcing yourself to climb mountains will aggravate your condition.
      
      In addition, patients with some chronic diseases should not climb mountains, including chronic nephritis, kidney disease, blood diseases, chronic bronchitis, pulmonary heart disease, and diabetes with comorbidities. If patients with chronic diseases do not pay attention to the changes in their bodies when climbing mountains, they may worsen their condition or be in danger. If you have to join in the fun of climbing during the Double Ninth Festival, it is also recommended to climb slowly. If you get tired halfway, you can go down the mountain. Don't force yourself to reach the top of the mountain.
      
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      Osteoarthritis: Climbing aggravates joint cartilage wear
      
      Mountain climbing is a good aerobic exercise. It not only allows you to enjoy the infinite scenery of nature, absorb fresh air, and make you feel cheerful and happy, but also exercise Body. Li Rongguang, a geriatrics expert in Dongguan, said that the body of the elderly loses free calcium very quickly, and the bones cannot effectively absorb calcium, causing osteoporosis and easily inducing fractures in the elderly. Regular mountain climbing can prevent and treat osteoporosis, promote the normal operation of the body's circulatory system, promote the absorption of calcium by bones, and effectively prevent osteoporosis.
      
      However, mountain climbing also has a negative side for the knee joints of middle-aged and elderly people. Because "people age first, their legs age first", generally after the age of 40, most of us will have patellar cartilage softening. Excessive exercise that puts great pressure on the knee joint will easily accelerate the wear and aging of the knee joint cartilage and cause knee joint problems. Therefore, those elderly people with osteoarthritis should avoid mountain climbing exercises.
      
      Li Rongguang said that according to incomplete statistics, half of the people over 60 years old in Dongguan are patients with osteoarthritis. Although appropriate exercise can help them prevent and assist in the treatment of osteoarthritis, mountain climbing is not a suitable exercise. Because the exercise of patients with osteoarthritis cannot significantly increase the load on the joints, joint flexion and extension exercises such as swimming and brisk walking on the ground can be promoted. Mountain climbing will cause the pressure on the joint surface to be 3-4 times higher than normal during activities and should be avoided as much as possible.
      
      If patients with osteoarthritis mistakenly use mountaineering as a fitness method, and when the articular cartilage has degenerated, excessive mountaineering for weight-bearing flexion and extension activities will aggravate the wear and tear of the articular cartilage and cause serious deformation of the knee joint. In severe cases, artificial joint replacement surgery may even be necessary.