Brief description of post-stroke cognitive impairment treatment

γ€€γ€€”Cerebral stroke is also known as “stroke” and “cerebrovascular accident” ( cerebralvascularaccident (CVA). It is an acute cerebrovascular disease, which is a group of diseases caused by a sudden rupture of a blood vessel in the brain or a blockage of a blood vessel that prevents blood from flowing to the brain and causes brain tissue damage. Stroke is characterized by high morbidity, high mortality and high disability. In addition to consciousness, motor, sensory and language problems, we also focus on post-stroke cognitive impairment (PSCI), which is characterized by impaired cognition, mood disorders and psycho-behavioral symptoms, and is associated with increased functional disability, impaired daily living skills and reduced quality of life. There are four areas of intervention: risk factor assessment, mainly focusing on age, past medical history (history of hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, stroke/TIA episodes), and lifestyle habits; early intervention for the above risk factors; treatment of cognitive dysfunction (improving cognitive function, general function, and ability to perform activities of daily living); and intervention for complications.γ€€γ€€The main interventions for stroke risk factors are to establish a good lifestyle, regular work and rest, healthy diet, moderate exercise, quit smoking and alcohol, keep a happy mood and reserve cognition. Adequate sleep can protect the brain and restore its function. Moderate exercise can increase blood flow to the brain to accelerate brain circulation, improve brain metabolism and function to increase brain plasticity. Insist on learning to protect cognition to delay brain decline, usually you can read more, read newspapers, play cards, mahjong, play crossword puzzles and so on. At the same time, you can listen to more soothing music to stimulate the cerebral cortex, regulate neurological functions, relieve mental stress to dispel depression and anxiety, and maintain physical and mental health. Patients who already have PSCI should go to a regular hospital for timely consultation and early intervention with pharmacological and non-pharmacological methods. In addition, PSCI rehabilitation training is indispensable, one is compensatory training strategy, which focuses on how to educate patients to manage their cognitive impairment for specific activity impairments and promote their return to independent living, and the other is direct repair cognitive training, which is mainly hands-on learning, memory training (e.g., acronyms, singing) or computer-based training methods for specific domains.