What is carotid plaque

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Recently, a colleague always has dizziness, and sometimes it is not convenient to move. Later, he got the disease of carotid plaque. Let's introduce what is carotid plaque?

What is carotid plaque

First of all, carotid plaque is the manifestation of carotid atherosclerosis, which often occurs at the bifurcation of common carotid artery. The mechanism of ischemic stroke may be as follows: carotid artery stenosis caused by plaque enlargement leads to intracranial hypoperfusion and plaque falling off to form embolus, leading to intracranial artery embolism.

Secondly, clinically, the degree of carotid artery stenosis and plaque morphology were measured to evaluate the carotid artery plaque and judge its harmfulness. The formation of carotid plaque is the same as atherosclerosis, which is affected by many factors. Age > 60 years old, male, long-term smoking history, hypertension history, diabetes history and hyperlipidemia were the risk factors of carotid plaque formation.

Finally, mild arteriosclerosis does not affect the blood supply to the brain, so there will be no symptoms after neck activity. In severe arteriosclerosis, the blood supply to the brain is reduced, and it is easy to have dizziness, headache and memory loss. In this period of neck activity, it is likely to aggravate cerebral ischemia, making the symptoms of cerebral ischemia more serious, and even "ischemic stroke". The main causes of cerebral hemorrhage, cerebral thrombosis, myocardial infarction, angina pectoris, heart failure, premature beat, etc. The incidence rate of these diseases is often higher than that of young people.

matters needing attention

Get the disease of carotid plaque should be treated in time, in peacetime also pay attention to conditioning, develop good living habits, diet to achieve low fat and low salt, to strengthen exercise in peacetime.