With the passage of time, the increase of age, especially to the stage of old age in the 60s, the decline of physical fitness, various problems followed, arterial plaque is one of the high incidence of problems in the middle-aged and elderly population.
Many people in the routine examination found carotid artery plaque, began to worry, fear, in fact, carotid plaque in the elderly group incidence is higher, the mainland survey found that the incidence of carotid plaque in people over 40 years old reached 45%, over 70 years old people the incidence of up to 84%.
With such a high incidence, people have to pay attention to the prevention and treatment of carotid artery plates, and we can see carotid artery plaque as an aging process.
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What factors contribute to the formation of carotid plaque?
1. Hypertension: high-pressure blood flow impacts the arterial wall for a long time, causing mechanical damage to the arterial lining, causing blood lipids to be easily deposited in the arterial wall, thereby forming fat plaques.
2. Hyperlipidemia: the lipid content in the blood is too high, which is easily deposited in the inner wall of blood vessels, thereby forming arterial plaques.
3. Diabetes: fat metabolism disorders in diabetic patients, denaturation of proteins transporting fat in the blood, and fat is easily deposited in the inner wall of blood vessels during transportation, thereby forming fat plaques.
4. Smoking: nicotine, carbon monoxide and other harmful substances in cigarettes will continue to damage the inner wall of the artery, and the inner wall of the injured artery is too rough, causing the accumulation of cholesterol and platelets to form fat plaques.
At the same time, smoking can also cause arterial contractions, spasms, and accelerate the formation of plaque in the blood vessels.
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How harmful are carotid plaques?
The carotid arteries of the human body will have a lot of lipids deposited on the blood vessel wall, which will cause the blood vessel cavity of the human body to become relatively narrow, which may affect the brain tissue of the human body, many people will have symptoms such as ischemia and hypoxia, we must cause a high degree of attention, this disease is very harmful to the human body.
1. Cerebral ischemia
The presence of carotid artery plaques can lead to ischemia in the human brain, and many patients have symptoms of dizziness, tinnitus, blurred vision, drowsiness, and decreased work efficiency.
Usually, we should pay special attention to the early detection of medication treatment, otherwise the condition will continue to worsen in the later stage, which will lead to serious complications such as cerebral hemorrhage in the human body.
2. Eye ischemia
Most carotid plaque patients will have decreased vision, blurred vision, and will often find that the eyes are black, rest for a while will be better, some patients will even be blind, we must go to the hospital to do relevant examination and treatment, to prevent aggravation of the disease.
3. Stroke
Many patients find that unilateral limbs have sensory impairments, and even hemiplegia, aphasia, the body's brain nerves are affected, and even symptoms of coma will occur.
Everyone must be highly vigilant in peacetime, and patients with serious diseases need to be bedridden for a long time and lose the ability to take care of themselves.
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Found carotid artery plaque, not far from cerebral infarction?
Carotid plaque is a problem that many people are very concerned about, and many friends with carotid plaque are nervous and often ask "Will carotid plaque fall?" "I heard that it can cause cerebral infarction" 、...... Let's take a look.
After age, the blood vessels will also age, if coupled with high blood sugar, high blood lipids, high blood pressure and eat and drink, the blood vessels will age faster, earlier, more serious, manifested as hardening, long plaque blockage.
The carotid artery is one of the three places in the body that are most prone to grow plaques, plaques are damaged in the inner wall of carotid artery blood vessels due to various reasons, and substances such as lipids in the blood enter the inner wall of blood vessels to form a porridge-like plaque like dry millet porridge.
When hit by high-pressure blood flow, the "slag" will fall off or fall off to form a blood clot, and these embolus will follow the blood circulation to the narrow diameter of the blood vessel and block the blood vessel.
Carotid arteries are very close to the brain, the plaque that falls off is the main source of cerebral infarction emboli, most of the brain arteries are more narrow and easy to be blocked by plaques and blood clots, once blocked, brain cells lose the blood supply part, this part of the brain command body loses normal function, may occur hemiplegia, crooked corners of the mouth, difficulty swallowing, urinary and urinary incontinence and so on.
In mainland China, the incidence of cerebral infarction is five times that of myocardial infarction, and about 70% of cerebral infarction is caused by carotid artery plaque, so it is very important to detect and take appropriate measures in time to prevent the occurrence of cerebral infarction.
In order to reduce the incidence of cerebral infarction and stay away from cerebral infarction, it is necessary to find plaques on the carotid arteries in time, and early treatment recommends that middle-aged and elderly friends do 1 to 2 carotid ultrasound examinations every year to prevent the occurrence of cerebral infarction.
Carotid artery color ultrasound examination can not only find plaques on the carotid artery, but also understand the condition of blood vessels throughout the body through a series of parameters of carotid artery examination, which greatly improves the pertinence of treatment and has a great guiding effect on the formulation of treatment plans.
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Doctor: Do 3 things well, plaque or smaller
First thing: exercise more
With the increase of age, the human body's functions are also gradually aging, if you do not exercise for a long time, the body's resistance will decline. Therefore, it is recommended that middle-aged and elderly people choose exercise methods that suit themselves on weekdays, such as walking or brisk walking, which can enhance cardiopulmonary function and promote blood circulation to a certain extent.
Not only that, but walking more can also prevent blood lipids from depositing in the blood vessel wall, thus avoiding the formation of blood clots. However, the time of walking should also be controlled, it is recommended to keep it at more than thirty minutes at a time, if the time is too short to achieve the effect, and the time is too long, it will also cause damage to the joints.
Second thing: actively and rationally control blood pressure and blood sugar
Both high blood pressure and diabetes are important factors in the formation of atherosclerotic plaques.
Patients with hypertension should have their blood pressure controlled below 140/90 mmHg and, if well tolerated, below 130/80 mmHg. Diabetics should control their blood sugar under the guidance of a doctor.
Third thing: Quit drinking
Regular drinking of alcohol will not only cause irritation to blood vessels and cause various cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, but also lead to increased blood lipids in the human body, bringing various disease risks.
Drinking alcohol is often accompanied by an unhealthy diet, and under the two phases, it often increases the garbage in people's blood and accelerates the aging rate of blood vessels.
Especially the "three high" people, it is even more necessary to abstain from drinking, so as to reduce the cholesterol in the body and reduce the chance of blood clots.
05 Extension - Carotid artery screening is cerebral infarction screening?
It is often heard that carotid artery examination is equivalent to cerebral infarction screening, and stroke will occur if there are plaques in the carotid arteries, and normal brain infarction will not occur.
Cerebral infarction screening is a comprehensive process. In this process, cerebrovascular, carotid artery and other tests are only part of it, and whether it occurs depends on whether it has risk factors:
- One is behavioral factors
The first is bad living habits: the biggest dangers are smoking, drinking alcohol, eating big fish and meat, too greasy;
The second is mental stress: including long-term mental stress, staying up late insomnia;
The third is reduced exercise: reduced exercise leads to a decrease in basal metabolism and obesity; these are the three major dangers.
- One is the disease factor
These include high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease, and of course, dyslipidemia and others.
So even if we have no problems with screening carotid arteries, it doesn't mean that we won't have cerebral infarction.
On the other hand, even if there is a carotid artery plaque, we must face it correctly, and do not be nervous, it does not necessarily mean stroke. We can improve the behavioral factors we talked about earlier, disease factors, so that stroke doesn't happen or happens later. #爱乐养生指南 #