The death rate from post-COVID-19 sarcopenia increases 2.1-fold

48% of diagnosed patients will lose 10kg of Chinese medicine + exercise to restore muscle strength in one week.

Reported by reporter Chen Jinlong / Taichung

A 70-year-old woman nicknamed Wu had a cough and poor appetite after being diagnosed in May of this year. She lost 10 kilograms in one week and suffered from “post-coronavirus sarcopenia”. The university-affiliated hospital has improved after taking medicine and physical therapy, and she is now no longer coughing and her muscle strength has recovered.

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Wu Peiqing, a Chinese medicine doctor, pointed out that the probability of developing sarcopenia after the diagnosis of new coronary pneumonia is about 48%, and the probability of suffering from sarcopenia in hospitalized patients reaches 69.7%. If sarcopenia is diagnosed and left untreated, the death rate increases approximately 2.1 times.

Liu Donghuan, a physician in the Chinese Affiliated Medical College’s Rehabilitation Department, pointed out that the cause of post-COVID-19 sarcopenia is loss of appetite, insufficient nutrition and protein intake, and physical inactivity, along with a inflammatory reaction in the body, resulting in the second half of the diagnosis.In acute sarcopenia, which is a massive loss of muscle throughout the year, 10% of muscle loss will cause a drop in immunity, 20% will experience weakness, and 40% could die.

Ms. Wu has no chronic diseases. She was 168cm tall and lost weight from 65kg to 55kg after diagnosis. She coughs often and chest tightness. She walks slowly and breathlessly as she climbs a floor. She lost 15% of her muscles during the medical examination and her grip strength increased from 28 kg before diagnosis She became 16 kg (normal value is more than 18 kg) and suffered from sarcopenia. Wu Peiqing pointed out that she had lung heat, atrophy qi and yin and her lungs were still inflamed. Lungs replenish qi to improve muscle strength and grip strength also returns before diagnosis.

Wu Peiqing said that because Western medicine currently does not have good FDA-approved drug treatment, it is recommended that traditional Chinese medicine be used to treat or prevent sarcopenia. In addition to increasing skeletal muscle mass and inhibiting muscle atrophy, traditional Chinese medicine can also increase appetite in the treatment of sarcopenia or frailty.It is also safe to use in the elderly and has very low adverse drug reactions.

Liu Donghuan also suggested that after diagnosis, prevention and rehabilitation of muscle strength exercise can also be performed, including “squatting against the wall” to bend the knees so that they are parallel to the toes and repeat it for the aching feet. 10 to 30 minutes a day; There are “front and side shoulder raises” to lift the shoulders forward 90 degrees, stop for 10 seconds each time, and do 10 times in the morning and evening.

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Liu Donghuan pointed out that the number of post-coronavirus sarcopenia in clinics has increased by 20%, especially the elderly are the majority, recalling that people have weaknesses such as difficulty carrying a weight of 5 kg, inability to wring a towel, walking at a speed of less than 1 meter per second and climbing 10 steps of stairs Difficulty, even walking on flat ground will drop or lose 5% of body weight within 6 months and the calf circumference is less than 34 cm for boys and less than 33cm for girls, you can also use your thumbs and index fingers with both hands to form a circle around the calf.If there is an empty space, the risk of sarcopenia is extremely high, remember to be alert and to see a doctor soon.

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