Cerebral infarction is caused by localised necrosis or softening of brain tissue due to ischaemia and lack of oxygen as a result of impaired blood supply to the brain.
The majority of cerebral infarcts have no obvious symptoms before the onset of the disease and many patients lose their lives due to untimely resuscitation.
In recent years, the incidence of cerebral infarction has been on the increase, and the reasons for the increasing number of people suffering from cerebral infarction are as follows.
Why are there more and more people suffering from cerebral infarction?
1. Bad eating habits
As living standards improve and diets diversify, people no longer have to worry about food and clothing, but often eat too much high-fat, high-calorie food, these poor eating habits are one of the causes of cerebral infarction. Eating high-fat and high-calorie food for a long time will lead to obesity, which will also cause arteriosclerosis, slowing down the flow of blood, leading to a lack of local blood supply and increasing the incidence of cerebral infarction.
2. Stressful, often stay up late
Staying up late and under pressure is currently the most important reason for brain infarction among young people, because of the fast pace of life and the pressure of life, many young people will often work overtime and stay up late, resulting in a sub-healthy state of the body. As time grows older, brain tissue is damaged and blood circulation slows down, making it easy for the brain to develop due to local ischemia and hypoxia.
3. The presence of three high diseases
Such as high blood sugar, high blood fat, high blood pressure, three high diseases in the absence of stability will affect the metabolism, but also bring a variety of complications, but also affect the blood circulation, these are the triggers of cerebral infarction.
4. Smoking
Smoking is also one of the risk factors for cerebral atherosclerosis. The nicotine and tar in tobacco will narrow the blood vessels and harden the arteries, affecting the blood flow rate, leading to an impact on the blood and oxygen supply to the brain tissue and increasing the incidence of cerebral infarction.
What are the symptoms associated with cerebral infarction?
1. Dizziness and headache
Most patients with cerebral infarction are conscious in the early stages and will experience dizziness, headache, limb and numbness as the initial symptoms. The symptoms last for a short period of time and the degree of discomfort is mild, so they are easily ignored or treated as symptoms of cervical spondylosis.
2. Disorders of consciousness and tetraplegia
As the disease progresses, most patients will develop in a quiet state and find themselves unconscious and tetraplegic upon awakening.
Warm Tips
Brain infarction can be life-threatening if not rescued in time, so it is important to understand the high incidence factors of brain infarction and to know the symptoms. It is important to maintain a good routine and diet to prevent the disease, and to seek medical attention as soon as you have symptoms, especially for those at risk, such as those with three high diseases, frequent smokers and drinkers, and those who stay up late.
