Symptoms of cerebral arteriosclerosis

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Cerebral arteriosclerosis is a kind of arteriosclerosis, because it is easy to cause stroke and has great risk. In the early and late stages of the disease, the symptoms of cerebral arteriosclerosis are different.

Symptoms of cerebral arteriosclerosis

The main symptoms of cerebral arteriosclerosis are parenchymal mental symptoms and dementia syndrome, namely Cerebral Arteriosclerotic psychosis. The most prominent manifestation was memory impairment. Besides the significant impairment of near event memory, far event memory was also affected. Patients are unable to describe their own experiences or even know their family members. Calculation, judgment and understanding of progressive decline, disturbance of consciousness, it is impossible to complete daily work.

As a result of long-term cerebral ischemia and hypoxia, degenerative changes of nerve cells cause brain atrophy, cerebral arteriosclerosis can also cause arteriosclerotic dementia, the patient's ability of understanding and judgment is impaired, the ability of comprehensive judgment is lacking, the calculation is difficult, the spirit is lax, and the work efficiency is low. In severe cases, the patient does not know how to eat, how to go abroad, and the two defecation disorder, You can't take care of yourself.

Cerebral arteriosclerosis can also appear mental symptoms, manifesting irritability, terror, depression, hallucination, delusion or delusion, speaking in a confused and incoherent way, clinically known as Cerebral Arteriosclerotic psychosis. If the lesions damage the bilateral cortical brainstem tracts, the lesions often show symptoms of pseudobulbar paralysis, such as choking drinking water, dysphagia, hoarseness, clumsy physical activities, and forced crying and laughing.

matters needing attention

Diet regulation: low fat, low cholesterol diet, such as lean meat, duck, pigeon, turtle, fish, less fat, lard, animal viscera, egg yolk, more vegetable oil, more vegetables and fruits. Eat less spicy, salty and sour food. Don't smoke or drink. Mental conditioning: avoid overwork and excessive mental tension, try to participate in some social activities, create a relaxed, lively and cheerful living environment, do not blame and scold patients, give them more comfort and encouragement, make them feel energetic, re develop some new ways of work and life, such as watching the door, planting grass and flowers, painting and calligraphy and other physical exercises: engage in some sports with small amount of activities, Such as playing cards, playing chess, playing gateball, practicing Qigong, fishing, walking, etc., we should increase some purposeful sports activities, promote blood circulation, improve the degree of arteriosclerosis, and slow down the attack of arteriosclerotic psychosis. Generally speaking, if cerebral arteriosclerosis deteriorates for a long time, it will lead to cerebral thrombosis, the formation of cerebral infarction disease, thus affecting the safety of patients. So early treatment is very important.