What symptom is cerebral embolism?

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Cerebral embolism refers to all kinds of emboli in the blood (such as mural thrombus in the heart, atherosclerotic plaque, fat, tumor cells, fibrocartilage or air, etc.) with the blood flow into the cerebral artery and block the blood vessels. When the collateral circulation can not be compensated, it causes ischemic necrosis of the brain tissue in the artery feeding area. What are the symptoms of cerebral embolism? Next, I'd like to share my views with you.

What symptom is cerebral embolism?

Generally, there is no obvious inducement and few prodromal symptoms. Acute onset, the symptoms often reach the peak in seconds or minutes, most of them are complete stroke. Occasionally, the disease progresses gradually in a few hours, and the symptoms worsen, which may be retrograde thrombosis after cerebral embolism;

Embolism of middle cerebral artery is the most common. Occlusion of main cerebral artery can cause hemiplegia, hemiparesthesia and hemiblindness. Embolism of main cerebral artery in dominant hemisphere can cause aphasia, agraphia and dyslexia. If the infarct size is large, the patients with severe condition may cause intracranial pressure increase, coma, cerebral hernia, or even death;

Anterior cerebral artery embolization can cause sensory and motor disorders of the contralateral lower limbs, contralateral central facial paralysis, paralysis of the tongue * and upper limb paralysis. It can also cause mental indifference and euphoria, such as emotional indifference and euphoria. It can also be associated with urinary retention.

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At the same time, due to long-term bedridden, attention should be paid to the swallowing function and oral care to prevent aspiration pneumonia, urinary tract infection, bedsore, lower extremity deep vein thrombosis, etc.