With the continuous improvement of our people’s living standards and the advent of an aging society, the incidence of stroke in China has gradually increased, ranking 2nd among the causes of death in our population and becoming the first cause of death in many areas. The morbidity, mortality and disability rates of stroke are quite high, and it is a class of common diseases that seriously endanger human health. Stroke is a generic term for a group of diseases, also known as cerebrovascular accident and stroke, which is a sudden manifestation of brain damage caused by a lesion in an artery in the brain or in a carotid artery supplying cerebral blood flow, resulting in local cerebral blood circulation disorders (ischemia or hemorrhage).
Stroke is further divided into two categories: ischemic stroke and hemorrhagic stroke.
1, ischemic stroke, also known as cerebral infarction (cerebral infarction), is due to the formation of thrombus in the cerebral blood vessels or the presence of emboli in the blood, which block the blood vessels. This includes cerebral thrombosis and cerebral embolism.
2. Hemorrhagic stroke is caused by the rupture of blood vessels in the brain or on the surface of the brain. It is divided into cerebral hemorrhage and subarachnoid hemorrhage. Patients who survive after a stroke, 50% to 70% have varying degrees of disability, which seriously affects normal life and places a heavy burden on families and society. HZ with a history of stroke, 1/4 to 3/4 may have a recurrence within 2 to 5 years.
Prevention of cerebrovascular accident starts from healthy life
Therefore to avoid the occurrence of stroke or to reduce the chance of stroke, it is necessary to control or even eliminate the risk factors of stroke that can be intervened.
Avoiding stroke precipitating factors include.
1. Actively treating hypertension and controlling blood pressure at a reasonable level. Because blood pressure is too high, it is easy to make the microcirculatory aneurysms and small atherosclerotic arteries in the brain rupture and bleed; while blood pressure is too low, when the cerebral blood supply is incomplete and the microcirculation is stagnant, it is easy to form a cerebral infarction.
2, pay attention to mental mental health, many stroke attacks, are related to emotional excitement.
3, lose weight, avoid overweight, obesity is now recognized as one of the risk factors for stroke.
4.Scientific and reasonable diet should be low-fat, low-calorie, low-salt diet, with sufficient high-quality protein, vitamins, fiber and trace elements.
5, for people who have the habit of smoking, alcohol abuse, especially combined with other factors, it is appropriate to quit smoking, limit alcohol.
6, climate change and human health is very close. When there is a sudden change in temperature, air pressure and temperature, middle-aged and elderly people, especially the frail and sickly, most of them do not adapt to the disease, especially in the cold and summer when the elderly have poor adaptive capacity and lower immunity, the morbidity and mortality rate are higher than usual, so we should be especially careful.
7, timely prevention and treatment of diabetes, coronary heart disease and other diseases.
8.Moderate physical activity is good for health.
9, pay attention to the aura of stroke. Although stroke is a sudden and acute lesion, but often can also be found some of the omens.
The following symptoms appear immediately to seek medical attention.
1, one side of the face or upper and lower limbs suddenly feel numb, weakness, mouth distortion, drooling.
2.Sudden difficulty in speaking or understanding others’ words.
3.Suddenly feel dizzy and shaky.
4.Sudden unconsciousness or drowsiness.
5.Having an unbearable headache, and the headache becomes persistent from intermittent to persistent or accompanied by nausea and vomiting.