I often have numbness in my cervical spine, more so in winter. My mother died of a sudden stroke that year, and my brother also had cerebrovascular disease. Can cerebrovascular disease be hereditary? A: Cerebrovascular disease has a certain degree of heredity, but it also has a lot to do with external factors such as lifestyle and environmental factors. Therefore, prevention of cerebrovascular diseases is important, usually do not smoke, do not drink excessively, do not eat too greasy, maintain a good state of mind, control weight and blood pressure, can completely avoid the occurrence of cerebrovascular diseases. In addition, cervical spondylosis, strain injury and other causes of numbness is also very common, it is recommended that you can take a film for examination to confirm the cause of the disease and then treat the symptoms. Mr. Chen: I have suffered from diabetes for many years, can diabetes cause cerebrovascular disease? A: Diabetes is an important trigger for cerebrovascular disease and is one of the risk factors for stroke, especially ischemic stroke, and diabetic patients are five times more likely to have cerebral infarction than non-diabetic patients. We encounter cases of stroke paralysis or even death due to diabetes every year. It is recommended that strict control of blood glucose and blood pressure and reduction of blood lipids can reduce the viscosity of blood, reduce the occurrence of blood clots, and thus reduce cerebrovascular diseases. Ms. Li: I have a new mild stroke and I always feel tightness in my chest and panic lately, do I need a cardiac examination? A: Cardiovascular disease is a common disease in the middle-aged and elderly, both are related to atherosclerosis, heart disease can trigger cerebral atherosclerosis, which can lead to stroke, and stroke is often accompanied by lesions of the cardiovascular system, there is a certain correlation between the two, it is just a matter of which one is manifested first or second, or which one is more serious. The symptoms of acute stroke combined with myocardial infarction in the elderly are atypical or masked by the primary disease, making it easy to be missed, and the mortality rate is high. When stroke patients have symptoms of chest tightness and panic, they should pay attention to the possible combination of cardiac diseases. An electrocardiogram and cardiac ultrasound can be done to check for complications of arrhythmia, myocardial ischemia, and acute myocardial infarction.