Cerebral infarction, in the consciousness of many people, is just an old age disease.
But in fact, the disease does not matter the age, and in recent years, the probability of young people appearing is getting higher and higher.
Recently, Ms. Chen suddenly fainted while running in the morning in the community, and her companions immediately dialed the 120 emergency number and sent her to the hospital at the same time.
On the way to the hospital, although Ms. Chen regained consciousness, she felt weak on one side of her limb and spoke vaguely at the same time. After a detailed examination by the doctor, it was found that Ms. Chen suffered from acute ischemic stroke, which is what we call "acute cerebral infarction".
However, fortunately, Ms. Chen rescued in time, her vital signs were stable, and she was finally treated by nourishing nerves, lipid-lowering stable plaques, and closely observing the changes in the condition.
Cerebral infarction is a disease that races against death
The so-called cerebral infarction refers to a disease that necrotic or softens due to narrowing and blockage of cerebral blood vessels, ischemia and hypoxia of brain tissue.
The onset of cerebral infarction is very sudden, and if it is treated in time, most of them can be cured.
However, if the treatment is not timely, or the condition is more serious, it is likely to cause death, even if the life is successfully saved, there may be sequelae in the later stage, which seriously affects the health and quality of life of patients.
What are the sequelae of cerebral infarction?
1. Hemiplegia
In the early stage of hemiplegia, it is mainly manifested as limb numbness and inconvenience of movement, and in the later stage, it is impossible to control its own limbs, resulting in life can not completely take care of itself, and some patients with serious diseases can even have the problem of general paralysis, completely blocked movement, and completely lose the ability to take care of themselves.
2. Aphasia
If the cerebral infarction occurs in the position of the language center of the left cerebral cortex, it can affect language function, and hemiplegia can affect local muscles, resulting in problems such as blurred speech, decreased comprehension and expression ability, and even aphasia.
3. Personality change
Patients with cerebral infarction can lead to major changes in personality due to nerve damage to the brain, such as suddenly becoming taciturn or impatient, which is often difficult for patients to detect, and most of them can be accompanied by intellectual disabilities, requiring patients to actively adjust their mentality and emotions later.
In addition to the sequelae mentioned above, patients with cerebral infarction may also have dizziness and headache, crooked mouth and eyes, memory loss, difficulty swallowing, sensory impairment, choking and water choking, hemianism and other sequelae, which seriously affect the quality of life of patients.
Is there any way to prevent cerebral infarction?
1. Pay attention to diet
Middle-aged and elderly people in the diet should try to eat less high-fat, high-salt, high-sugar food, mainly light food, more intake of fresh vegetables and fruits, coarse grains, in addition to quit smoking and alcohol, usually can drink more water, promote the flow of blood.
2. Pay attention to regular work and rest
Many people have the habit of staying up late, long-term staying up late, lack of sleep, not only will lead to a decrease in resistance, but also lead to increased blood pressure, blood lipids, increase the risk of cerebral infarction. Therefore, everyone must pay attention to regular work and rest in life, go to bed early and get up early, and sleep for no less than 7 to 8 hours a day.
3. Maintain an optimistic attitude
Overly excited emotions, or long-term anxiety, depression and other emotions, will affect the vascular neuromodulation function, resulting in fluctuations in blood pressure, increasing the risk of cerebral infarction. To prevent cerebral infarction, we must pay attention to regulating emotions and maintaining a positive and optimistic attitude.
4. Exercise more
Middle-aged and elderly people usually have to participate in some physical exercise, but the exercise can not be too intense, otherwise it will increase the physical burden, you can choose some more moderate sports, such as square dance, tai chi, walking and so on.
5. Treatment of underlying diseases
Patients with hypertension, hyperglycemia, hyperlipidemia and other underlying diseases are at high risk of cerebral infarction, such patients should actively cooperate with doctors to treat, control blood pressure, blood lipids and other indicators, help reduce the risk of cerebral infarction.
The harm caused by cerebral infarction is very large, which can induce a variety of sequelae, such as paralysis, aphasia, etc., which seriously affects the quality of life of patients.
In order to avoid the occurrence of this situation, we must develop a healthy lifestyle, treat the disease in time, reduce the risk of cerebral infarction as much as possible, if the brain infarction occurs, we must also treat it in time, and do a good job of rehabilitation training in the later stage to make the body get better recovery.