Middle-aged and elderly people with ear, nose, and throat diseases

Author: Han Dekuan (Editor)
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: China's population structure is trending toward aging, which is more pronounced in large and medium-sized cities. Taking Beijing as an example, the proportion of the population aged 60 and above reached 10.36% in 1987 and 12.48% in 1994. These two data indicate the aging trend of Beijing's population structure, with middle-aged and elderly people becoming the main demographic. The extension of human lifespan is a significant marker of social progress and an inevitable outcome of social, economic, and technological development. However, as a developed and civilized society, there is also the challenge of improving the quality of life and well-being of the aging population. Simply put, people want to live long and stay healthy, which should be a very important social goal that the entire society should strive for. The desire for "both longevity and health" is accelerating the transformation of the medical model, promoting the rapid development of health revolution, and fostering the mindset renewal of healthcare professionals. One crucial point is that healthcare workers should not only focus on patients but also on healthy individuals; they should not only provide medical technical services to patients but also deliver medical knowledge services to the general population. This means that healthcare workers must use methods such as health education, health promotion, health counseling, and health guidance to impart health-maintenance knowledge to people, enabling the general public to develop self-care abilities and shift from being passive recipients of care to self-serving individuals. This, in turn, promotes the rise and development of self-care among the social population. I believe this is one of the fundamental goals of medical development, one of the fundamental pathways to achieving longevity and health, and one of the fundamental measures to realize the goals of a developed and civilized society. Based on this understanding, we organized a group of experienced elderly experts from Beijing's medical community and selected China Environmental Science Press to compile and publish this series, "Medical Experts Discuss Middle-Aged and Elderly Health." The series aims to convey the mysteries of life and health-maintenance knowledge to the middle-aged and elderly friends in an accessible and engaging way. It helps middle-aged and elderly friends master the "key" to longevity and health and enhances their self-care abilities. The series not only explains knowledge related to the prevention, early diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of common middle-aged and elderly diseases but also dedicates separate volumes to topics such as psychological disorders, health preservation, sexuality, and menopause. In essence, this series provides a relatively comprehensive and popular science reading on middle-aged and elderly health, with strong knowledge, interest, and readability. The series is not only beneficial for the health and longevity of every middle-aged and elderly person but also contributes to the development of social, psychological, and biomedical models, as well as the comprehensive prevention of lifestyle-related diseases, chronic diseases, and degenerative diseases, which are poised to become the main killers of humanity.