What is cerebral infarction?

When it comes to cerebral infarction, most people still don’t know much about it. Because most people have heard about it in their daily lives, and only know that it is a serious disease that is difficult to treat. Therefore, we don’t know much about it in our daily lives, let alone being exposed to this disease. If you have people of a similar age around you, you should remind them to take care of their health.

In fact, what people don’t know is that cerebral infarction mainly occurs in the elderly, that is, in middle-aged and elderly people. The onset of the disease is mainly due to the influence of our bad living habits, bad habits, etc. Let us take a closer look at the concept of cerebral infarction.

Cerebral infarction is a general term for ischemic stroke, including cerebral thrombosis, lacunar infarction and cerebral embolism, accounting for about 70% of all strokes. It is a brain lesion caused by impaired cerebral blood supply.

People who are more likely to suffer from cerebral infarction are people over 50 to 60 years old, often those with atherosclerosis, hypertension, rheumatic heart disease, coronary heart disease or diabetes, as well as those with bad habits such as smoking and drinking. About 25% of patients have a history of transient ischemic attack before the onset of the disease. There are often prodromal symptoms before the onset of the disease, such as headache, dizziness, vertigo, transient limb numbness and weakness. The onset is generally slow, and patients often develop the disease when they are quiet or sleeping. For most patients, symptoms reach their peak after a few hours or even 1 to 3 days.

After a cerebral infarction, most patients are conscious, while a few may have varying degrees of consciousness disorders. Generally, there are no obvious changes in vital signs. If a large area of ​​cerebral hemisphere is infarcted, ischemic, or edematous, the function of the brainstem may be affected, causing impaired consciousness soon after the onset of the disease, and even brain herniation and death.

Regarding the introduction to cerebral infarction, I believe the above explanation has brought us a lot of knowledge and understanding. However, while we understand the causes of cerebral infarction, we must also remind ourselves to have a good sleep pattern, strengthen exercise, maintain a good diet, and have a healthy life pattern.