Old cerebral infarcts are found to require treatment. The main thing is to give active secondary prevention, including adjusting daily life, antiplatelet drugs, statins and other drugs, adjusting blood sugar and blood pressure.
The probability of recurrence of old cerebral infarction is higher than that of normal people, so it should be treated as early as possible under the guidance of doctors.
1. Adjustment of daily life: It is suggested that patients should go to bed early and get up early because of regularity, do some aerobic exercise every day, and have a low-salt and low-fat diet.
2. Antiplatelet drugs: Aspirin, Tegretol, Clopidogrel, etc. should be used as prescribed by the doctor.
3. Statin drugs: representative drugs include atorvastatin, simvastatin, resuvastatin, etc., which have the effect of adjusting blood lipid and stabilizing plaque.
4. Adjustment of blood glucose and blood pressure: patients with previous diabetes should follow the doctor’s instructions to adjust blood glucose so that blood glucose reaches the standard, the representative drugs include dagliflozin, metformin, acarbose and so on.
Patients with hypertension should follow the doctor’s instructions to use antihypertensive drugs to adjust their blood pressure, including amlodipine, benazepril, timosartan and other representative drugs.
Patients with old cerebral infarction need to consult a doctor in time if they experience discomfort, and should follow the doctor’s instructions for medication.