Intermittent brainstem hypoperfusion is not a cerebral infarction.
Insufficient blood supply to the brainstem is a symptom of ischemia of the brainstem caused by insufficient perfusion of the posterior circulation (vertebrobasilar artery), which mostly occurs on the basis of stenosis of the vertebrobasilar artery.
When insufficient blood supply occurs, the patient’s brain cells are in a state of functional inhibition due to ischemia, but they can still maintain a normal state of survival, and when the blood supply is restored, the function of the brain cells returns to normal, and no brain cell death occurs, but intermittent insufficient blood supply to the brain stem is not a cerebral infarction.
Cerebral infarction refers to severe ischemia and hypoxia of brain tissue due to insufficient perfusion, which in turn causes brain cell death, and even if the blood supply is restored, brain cell death is irreversible, but cerebral infarction is not intermittent brainstem blood supply.
Insufficient blood supply to the brain stem has the risk of developing into cerebral infarction, which should be treated in a standardized manner under the guidance of a physician, and it is recommended to go to the hospital in time to avoid delaying the condition when discomfort occurs.