Senior Health
As seniors age and their body starts to go, you quickly realize how body functions are related. As one body parts starts to go, it puts a strain on the other part body part, and pretty soon the remedy to the malady is just going to worsen the health of the senior.
Many older people are hanging together by a delicate balance. Throw that balance off and you can overload another part of their body. Some high blood pressure medicines can cause water retention. Yet, while duretics can alleviate water retention, they can cause a loss of potassium.
When dealing with senior health issues it is always advisable to deal with a doctor well versed in geriatrics—who is aware of the delicate balance and who will look carefully at the prescriptions that the seior is currently taking. If you are taking an elderly senior to the doctor, make note of all the prescriptions they are currently taking.
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http://www.boomer-books.com/health_page/healthpage.html
You can find drug and doctor checklists at:
July 11th, 2005 at 2:21 pm
COULD YOU PLEASE TELL ME IF “GREEN TEA” IS A DURETIC ?-THANKYOU.
July 12th, 2005 at 7:28 am
Hi Tony,
Just about any tea is a duretic. Tea, Tea, the more you drink the more you—you know.
—Bill
October 16th, 2005 at 11:04 pm
It is the caffeine in tea that causes the diuretic effect- but the more you drink the more you will urinate and flush out wast products. Green tea contains ani-oxidents that are beneficial to seniors.