Symptoms and signs of cerebral infarction
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No chaos when, to understand the symptoms of cerebral infarction are very important, so that can be found in time, timely treatment, so as to avoid further deterioration of cerebral infarction. Cerebral infarction is a disease caused by the sudden decrease or stop of blood flow in the local cerebral artery. If it is serious, it is easy to cause death. Let's talk about the symptoms and signs of cerebral infarction.
Symptoms and signs of cerebral infarction
It usually starts from one side of the upper limb, and then gradually affects other parts of the limb within a few hours or one or two days. Bilateral gaze, central facial paralysis and lingual paralysis, pseudobulbar paralysis, such as drinking water cough and dysphagia.
Most patients do not have intracranial hypertension symptoms such as headache and vomiting. Secondary brain edema within a few days after occlusion of large artery can worsen the symptoms and lead to disturbance of consciousness. Severe brain edema can also cause fatal brain hernia. Headache, dizziness, dizziness, vertigo, nausea and vomiting, motor and / or sensory aphasia, and even coma.
Middle cerebral artery and its deep perforating branches: most easily affected, with contralateral hemiplegia (severe degree), unilateral numbness (loss of sensation), homonymous hemianopia, aphasia when the main hemisphere (usually the left side) is involved, apraxia when the non dominant hemisphere is involved. Internal carotid artery: can cause ipsilateral blindness, other symptoms are often difficult to distinguish with the symptoms and signs after occlusion of middle cerebral artery and its deep perforating branches.
matters needing attention
Under normal circumstances, the majority of patients with cerebral infarction are people aged 50-60 or above, and most of them are smokers and drinkers. Therefore, we should drink and smoke moderately at ordinary times. also. At ordinary times, we should also do a good job in basic prevention, pay attention to their bad habits to get rid of in time, moderate sports activities are beneficial to health and longevity.
