Carotid plaque overview How is carotid plaque treated? Carotid plaque is a condition in which the carotid artery, which is the main blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the brain and other parts of the head, becomes narrowed. Most carotid stenosis is a narrowing of the carotid lumen due to atheromatous plaque in the carotid artery. It is important to note that the prevalence of carotid stenosis is high, with about 9% of people over the age of 60 suffering from carotid stenosis. The dangers of carotid stenosis are too great to be underestimated! Early symptoms: The carotid artery is a thicker blood vessel, and its internal carotid artery supplies blood and oxygen directly to the brain tissue, while its external carotid artery supplies blood and oxygen to the eyes, ears, nose, mouth and other five senses. If the carotid artery is hardened, there is plaque formation on the vessel wall, which makes the blood flow poorly. The lack of smoothness often causes ischemia and hypoxia in brain tissue, and patients often feel dizziness, dizziness, poor memory, and a significant decrease in thinking power, which, over time, will cause brain atrophy. If the hardened carotid arteries have thick plaque off and block the arteries with blood flow, it will cause cerebral infarction, blindness, slurred speech, paralysis and other stroke manifestations, and even threaten life. Generally speaking, mild atherosclerosis does not affect the blood supply to the brain, so there will be no symptoms after neck activities. However, severe atherosclerosis will reduce the blood supply to the brain, resulting in symptoms such as dizziness, headache and memory loss, etc. If the neck is moved at this time, it is likely to aggravate cerebral ischemia, thus making the symptoms of cerebral ischemia more serious, and even “ischemic stroke” will occur. This is the main cause of cerebral hemorrhage, cerebral thrombosis, myocardial infarction, angina pectoris, heart failure, premature beats and other diseases. This type of disease often occurs in the “three high”, that is, high blood pressure, high blood pressure, high blood sugar in the population, while the incidence of the elderly than young people. Experts guide the diagnosis and treatment as soon as possible to prevent the development of complications in a timely manner. Cerebral embolism cerebral infarction, causing permanent hemiplegia, hemiplegia, hemianopia and language dysfunction, etc., and more serious cases can endanger patients’ lives. Carotid artery sclerosis plaque is a systemic disease. The degree of atherosclerosis varies throughout the body and poses different health risks. In terms of risk, there are three most dangerous atherosclerotic areas in the body: heart arteries, brain arteries, and carotid arteries. Cardiac arteriosclerosis can lead to myocardial infarction, cerebral arteriosclerosis can lead to cerebral hemorrhage, and carotid arteriosclerosis can lead to carotid artery stenosis, which then causes transient cerebral ischemia and cerebral infarction. Medical research shows that carotid atherosclerosis is no less harmful than cardiac and cerebral atherosclerosis. The carotid artery is thicker and the blood directly supplies the brain tissue and the five senses and other important organs. When carotid artery sclerosis occurs, brain tissues are deprived of blood and oxygen, and symptoms such as dizziness, dizziness and reduced thinking ability will occur. If the carotid artery sclerosis plaque is dislodged, it will block the arterial blood vessels, causing blindness, hemiplegia and even life-threatening. Causing factors Cardiovascular disease experts point out that smoking and herpes virus infection are the main causes of atherosclerosis, with smoking having the greatest impact on carotid atherosclerosis, acting more than age, diabetes and hypertension. Therefore, quitting smoking is the primary measure to prevent carotid atherosclerosis. Carotid plaque treatment Carotid atherosclerotic plaque is the most common and important type of atherosclerosis,. The disease mainly involves large and medium-sized myoelastic arteries, with the aorta, coronary arteries and cerebral arteries being the most common, often leading to serious consequences such as lumen occlusion or wall rupture and bleeding. Carotid atherosclerosis is most common in men over 40 years of age and in postmenopausal women. The disease is often accompanied by hypertension, hypercholesterolemia or diabetes mellitus, etc. Experts from the Institute of Five Elements Chinese Medicine will give you guidance: 1, general treatment: 1, a reasonable diet: the total number of calories in the diet should not be too high to prevent overweight. 2, adhere to the appropriate amount of physical activity. 3, reasonable arrangements for work and life. 4, other: advocate non-smoking, can drink a small amount of alcohol. Second, control susceptibility factors: If you have diabetes, you should control blood sugar in a timely manner, including diet control. Type II diabetes glucose-lowering drugs should not cause hyperinsulinemia as appropriate, such as Damacell; such as hypertension should be given antihypertensive drugs to lower blood pressure to the appropriate level, such as high blood cholesterol, should control high cholesterol appropriate to give lipid-lowering drugs. Three, lipid-lowering drugs. Anti-platelet drugs V. Chinese medicine treatment: The above treatment can only prevent carotid atherosclerosis plaque from growing further, but with Chinese medicine treatment can reduce or eliminate carotid atherosclerosis plaque. Chinese medicine believes that carotid atherosclerotic plaque is related to dampness and qi deficiency in human body, so in clinical practice, it is used to dispel phlegm and dampness, tonify qi and activate blood. It has achieved better results. In the outpatient clinic, we observe that after three years of general treatment, the plaques of most patients can be reduced by more than 50%.