The methods of carotid artery wall thickening generally include general treatment, drug treatment, surgery and other ways.
1. General treatment: In daily life, patients should have moderate exercise to promote blood circulation; at the same time, the diet should be based on low-salt, low-fat food, such as eating some black rice, cabbage, etc., to avoid the accumulation of lipids in the body, in order to reduce the carotid artery wall thickness.
2. Medication: Patients with carotid artery wall thickening can also take aspirin enteric-coated tablets, atorvastatin tablets, clopidogrel bisulfate tablets and other medications as prescribed by the doctor for lipid-lowering and anti-platelet therapy to alleviate the symptoms.
3. Surgery: When the above methods still can not relieve the symptoms, under the premise of meeting the indications for surgery, patients can follow the doctor’s advice to choose carotid endarterectomy or carotid stenting and other surgical methods of treatment.
When the symptoms of carotid artery wall thickening appear, it is recommended that the patient consult a doctor in a timely manner and choose the appropriate method of treatment under the guidance of the doctor.