A friend told Huazi that he found out the lacunar cerebral infarction, what to do, does it mean that there are blood vessels in the head blocked, he is about to hemiplegia, how to "unclog" the blood vessels? Huazi told her friends, don't worry, lacunar cerebral infarction is not the same as real cerebral infarction, most people will not have symptoms, let alone hemiplegia.
Lacunar cerebral infarction is a very common phenomenon in middle-aged and elderly people, but for many people, it is not a disease, and it does not require medication to "dredge", only after identifying risk factors can we decide whether to use drugs.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="3" >, there is no need to worry too much about lacunar cerebral infarction</h1>
In fact, many people are frightened by the last three words of lacunar cerebral infarction "cerebral infarction", but lacunar cerebral infarction (luminal infarction) is not so serious, and there is a difference between it and real cerebral infarction. A luminal infarction is a blockage of arteriole vessels deep in the brain, creating an infarction area several millimeters in size. Brain tissue in the infarction area will liquefy, be absorbed by the body, and eventually leave a very small void.
There is also a saying that with aging, the body's brain tissue and blood vessels gradually atrophy, the gap between them increases, and during imaging examination, it will show lacunar cerebral infarction. This is an imaging description, not a real disease.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="18" > second, lacunar cerebral infarction is usually asymptomatic</h1>
What many people are worried about is that with the cavity stem, will it cause hemiplegia? In fact, the vast majority of luminal infarction is asymptomatic and does not cause hemiplegia.
In people over 50 years old, the incidence of coconsulum is more than half, in the population over 80 years old, there are very few people without cocosm, but most people do not feel when cocosmitis occurs, only in the physical examination, or other examinations, only accidentally found that they have luminal infarction lesions in their brains.
This is because most lumens occur in non-functional areas and do not cause any effect. A small number of luminal infarctions that occur in the functional area may cause mild dizziness, memory loss, mild limb weakness and other symptoms, but the symptoms are transient and will soon return to normal.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="19" > third, what really needs to be guarded against is cerebral infarction</h1>
Only when a severe cerebral infarction occurs, and the arteries in the brain are blocked, resulting in a larger area of infarction, it is possible to cause limb movement disorders and lead to hemiplegia. However, cerebral infarction will not occur for no reason, and diseases such as atherosclerosis and atrial fibrillation are required to cause cerebral infarction.
Atherosclerosis is associated with factors such as hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, smoking, obesity, etc.; atrial fibrillation is associated with various heart diseases such as coronary heart disease, rheumatic heart disease, and hypertensive heart disease. And these risk factors and heart disease, as long as the drug treatment, control the disease, can prevent the occurrence of cerebral infarction.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="20" >4. Do lacunar cerebral infarctions need medication</h1>?
Many people are concerned about whether to use drugs to unclog blood vessels if they find lacunar cerebral infarction? Huazi said that whether medication is needed depends on what risk factors are there and how likely it is to judge the probability of cerebral infarction. If there are "three highs", atherosclerosis and heart disease, it needs to be treated with drugs; if it is just a simple infarction, and there are no other risk factors, it is only necessary to maintain a healthy lifestyle, no medication.
It should be noted that if medication is needed, the purpose is to prevent serious cerebral infarction in the future, rather than to "dredge" the cerebral blood vessels that have been infarctioned. Because brain cells are very fragile, after an infarction, they will die within 6 minutes, and once they die, they cannot regenerate.
The luminal infarction seen on imaging examination is a "hole" left by the decomposition and absorption of brain cells after death. The cell and vascular structure has been lost and has no meaning of "unclogging". The drug used in the infarction is to "make up for the dead sheep" to prevent serious cerebral infarction in the future.
To sum up, lacunar cerebral infarction is not the same as cerebral infarction, is very common in middle-aged and elderly people, usually has no symptoms, and does not cause hemiplegia. What we need to be careful about is severe cerebral infarction, people with "three highs", atherosclerosis and heart disease, need to use drugs under the guidance of a doctor; only coelus without other risk factors, it is good to maintain a healthy lifestyle, do not have to take drugs. I am a pharmacist Huazi, welcome to follow me and share more health knowledge.