What causes brain blockage?

Brain blockage, also known as cerebral thrombosis, refers to pathological changes in the arterial walls inside and outside the brain, which slows down the blood flow to the brain, increases the viscosity of the blood, and gradually forms blood clots, which can block some capillaries. In severe cases, it can cause a stroke in the patient, causing hemiplegia, etc. Brain blockage is related to age and some bad habits.

What causes brain blockage?

1. Atherosclerosis is the formation of blood clots on the basis of atherosclerotic plaques in the arterial walls. 2. Arteritis Inflammatory changes in cerebral arteries can cause changes in the blood vessel walls, narrowing of the lumen and formation of blood clots. 3. Hypertension can cause hyaline degeneration of the arterial wall and rupture of the arterial intima, making it easy for platelets to adhere and aggregate to form blood clots. 4. Blood diseases such as polycythemia are prone to thrombosis. This is also one of the causes of cerebral infarction. 5. Mechanical compression: The outside of the cerebral blood vessels is compressed by nearby tumors and other factors, which may cause changes such as vascular occlusion.

There are two main types: cardiac and non-cardiac:

1. Cardiogenic acute or subacute endocarditis, generally occurs on the basis of heart disease. Due to inflammation, growths form on the lesion's inner membrane, which then fall off and enter the skull through the bloodstream, causing cerebral embolism. Conditions such as rheumatic heart disease, myocardial infarction, congenital heart disease, heart tumors, and heart surgery can easily cause embolus to detach. Especially for these heart diseases, emboli are more likely to dislodge when atrial fibrillation occurs, which can cause cerebral embolism.

The most common cause of cerebral vascular blockage (cerebral thrombosis) is atherosclerosis, and diabetes, hyperlipidemia and hypertension can accelerate its development. This disease is more common in elderly people over 50 to 60 years old with arteriosclerosis. In your daily diet, you should pay special attention to eating less salt, light food, more vegetables, less animal meat, and more fish.