I. Clinical manifestations of stroke.
Stroke, also known as stroke or acute cerebrovascular disease, mainly includes cerebral hemorrhage and cerebral infarction.
The main manifestations: hemiparesis, speech impairment, confusion, headache, involuntary movements, unstable walking, vertigo, etc.
Prominent features: sudden onset.
Second, the risk factors of stroke.
Hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, atherosclerosis, hyperlipidemia, obesity, long-term smoking, long-term excessive alcohol consumption, etc. are the main causes of stroke.
Three, the prevention of stroke
The key to stroke prevention is to control the risk factors for stroke, such as lowering blood pressure, controlling blood sugar, preventing atherosclerosis, treating heart disease, reducing body weight, proper physical exercise, quitting smoking, avoiding excessive alcohol consumption, and taking appropriate drugs to prevent and treat stroke.
Fourth, what should I do if I find that my family member has had a stroke?
Send them to the hospital immediately, the sooner the better.
V. How to determine the prognosis of stroke?
About 70% of stroke patients can recover to self-care or basic self-care, but the recovery process is long, often taking more than a month, so patients and their families should have patience and confidence.
The recovery of stroke is related to the patient’s age, the severity of the disease, the number and severity of complications, etc. In addition, if the patient has not recovered a little after 1 month after the onset of the stroke, it will be more difficult to recover later. The fastest recovery is within 3 months after the onset of the disease, and after 3 months the recovery is very limited. 6 months later it is more difficult to have a significant recovery, but there are still some patients through rehabilitation training can have a certain degree of recovery.
Sixth, the dangers of smoking.
Tobacco is no less harmful to the human body than ya tablets, especially to the cardiovascular and cerebrovascular damage is the heaviest, it can trigger and aggravate atherosclerosis, cause blood pressure to rise, reduce the content of beneficial blood lipids, increase the content of harmful blood lipids, thicken the blood. According to statistics, each pack of cigarettes, life shortened by 2 hours and 17 minutes, lifetime smoking life shortened by 6 years.
Seven, the benefits of drinking tea.
Tea is one of the three internationally recognized health drinks, with lowering blood lipids, improve immunity, delay aging, anti-thrombosis, weight loss, promote blood circulation, the role of cancer prevention. But drinking strong tea can accelerate the heart rate, increasing the burden on the heart, coronary heart disease and hypertension patients are not good.
Eight, can moderate drinking alcohol
Drinking alcohol in moderation has certain benefits for the prevention and treatment of stroke and coronary heart disease. It can prevent thrombosis, lower blood lipids, and prevent atherosclerosis.
It is advisable to drink a small amount of low alcohol, half a bottle of beer, wine or 100g of yellow wine per day, should not drink white wine, prohibit high alcohol. Red wine or yellow wine is rich in antioxidants and high-density lipoprotein (can fight atherosclerosis), which has a better health effect.
Nine, the prevention of stroke, coronary heart disease, “red, yellow, green, white, black”.
1, red: red wine, can prevent atherosclerosis, anti-aging.
2, yellow: yellow vegetables, such as carrots, sweet potatoes, pumpkin, corn, tomatoes, etc.. Can antioxidant, prevent atherosclerosis.
3, green: green tea, rich in tea polyphenols, antioxidant, prevent atherosclerosis.
4, white: oat flour and oatmeal, in wheat, rice, beans and other 37 kinds of agricultural products, oats to reduce fat, weight loss, and laxative effect is the best.
5, black: black fungus, lowering lipids, prevent thrombosis. Take 5-15g daily, its anti-platelet effect is comparable to aspirin. Aspirin has the side effect of damaging the gastric mucosa.
Ten, to prevent stroke, coronary heart disease, “one, two, three, four, five”.
One is: a bottle of milk per day, a bottle of milk (237ml), containing calcium 280mg, easy to absorb; milk can also prevent atherosclerosis and hypertension, lowering blood lipids.
Two is: about 250g of carbohydrates per day (such as rice, pasta). Control the amount of staple foods, such as hunger, then eat more vegetables and fruits, which can control weight and blood sugar, blood lipids.
Third: three servings of protein food daily. One serving of protein food, equivalent to 50g lean meat or 100g tofu, or a large egg, or 100g chicken, or 100g fish. Or 25g of soybeans.
Four: four phrases, coarse and fine, not sweet and salty, seven or eight minutes full, three, four or five meals (less food more meals). Too sweet and salty prone to obesity, hyperlipidemia and hypertension.
Five: 500g of vegetables and fruits per day, preferably 400g of vegetables and 100g of fruits. Vegetables and fruits, rich in fiber, vitamins, trace elements, can reduce fat, weight loss, and prevent constipation.
Eleven, is it harmful to eat eggs?
Egg yolk is rich in lecithin, cholesterol and lecithin. Lecithin can prevent arteriosclerosis and improve memory. Cholesterol is necessary to maintain normal cell function. Eighty percent of human cholesterol is synthesized in the body and 20% comes from food. When the intake from food increases, the internal synthesis decreases accordingly. Eating eggs properly will not affect blood cholesterol levels.
One egg a day is safe and necessary.
XII. Commonly used herbs for lowering blood lipids
Cholesterol-lowering: hawthorn, redwort, shouwu, cassia seed, panax ginseng, chasteberry
Danshen, Pueraria Mirifica.
Lowering triglycerides: Ganoderma lucidum, Hawthorn, Gynostemma lucidum, Radix et Rhizoma Polygonati, Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae, Radix et Rhizoma Ginseng.
Select 1-2 drugs mentioned above, powder or make tea with water, about 5g per day, compared with lipid-lowering western drugs, Chinese medicine does not damage the liver and has a protective effect on the liver.
XIII. Introduce two inexpensive and effective Chinese patent medicines to prevent and treat stroke and coronary heart disease
The former activates blood stasis and transforms phlegm, while the latter nourishes the liver and kidneys, pacifies the liver and submerges the yang, both taken together, a diarrhea and a tonic, attacking and replenishing at the same time, long-term adherence to take, can certainly benefit. And the two drugs cost about 30 yuan a month.