Is a cerebral infarction headache dangerous?

Cerebral infarction is a very dangerous disease, and once it occurs, it is very likely to be life-threatening. After a cerebral infarction occurs, the brain and nerves are damaged, so certain sequelae will be left. Some people's condition is more serious and they cannot control their actions. Some people will experience headaches after a cerebral infarction. Next, let’s learn together whether cerebral infarction headache is dangerous?

Post-stroke headache is a common cause of post-stroke sequelae.

Depending on the location of cerebral infarction, in addition to headache, it is often accompanied by more serious functional disorders such as hemiplegia, facial paralysis, swallowing disorders, and speech disorders. Headache after cerebral infarction is generally caused by cerebral vasospasm and ischemia and hypoxia of brain tissue after cerebral infarction; unstable blood pressure is also a common cause of headache after cerebral infarction. For some people who receive better treatment, the headache symptoms will disappear within half a year, but for a large number of people, the headache symptoms persist for a year or even several years.

How to treat headache after cerebral infarction? The treatment for headache after cerebral infarction is generally to choose appropriate medication, but analgesics must never be chosen. It must be treated fundamentally to be cured. First, basic factors such as blood pressure and blood lipids are controlled normally and stably. In clinic, drugs that relieve vasospasm are often used together with drugs that invigorate qi and activate blood circulation to improve headache symptoms. For example, nimodipine and sibelium can relieve cerebral vasospasm. Drugs that invigorate qi and activate blood circulation are generally Chinese patent medicines, such as Tianxintai Thrombosis Xinmaining Tablets and Ginkgo Biloba Preparations.

However, large-compound Chinese medicines are generally chosen because of their multi-target treatment effects, which are wider than those of single-ingredient Chinese medicines.

Traditional Chinese medicine often uses the treatment principle of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, opening the orifices and relieving pain. It can use salvia miltiorrhiza, chuanxiong, bezoar, leech, musk, ginkgo leaf, etc.

The reason why patients with cerebral infarction are less likely to suffer from headaches may be related to the hardening, poor elasticity and difficulty in expanding of their cerebral blood vessels. Guidance: During the acute attack period of cerebral infarction, some patients experience headaches due to increased intracranial pressure or dilation of collateral circulation vessels formed by local compensation of the lesion.