Bilateral basal ganglia infarction refers to a cerebral infarction caused by a narrowing or blockage of the arteries in the basal ganglia region on both sides of the brain.
Cerebral infarction, or ischemic stroke, is caused by ischemia and hypoxia of the brain tissue due to atherosclerosis of the blood vessels in the brain. There are types of cerebral infarction such as posterior cerebral artery occlusion, vertebral artery occlusion, and basilar artery occlusion, etc. In the case of cerebral infarction, if the occlusion or stenosis occurs in the perforating arteries of the basal ganglia, the foci of the infarction will be about two centimeters, and therefore it is called basal ganglia cavernous cerebral infarction.
People with basal ganglia lacunar infarction may have headache, dizziness, numbness of limbs and other symptoms. And bilateral basal ganglia old lacunar infarction people usually do not take it lightly, to strictly control the blood pressure and take medication on time and regularly to the hospital for review.