What to expect after a stroke

Stroke, commonly known as cerebral stroke, has the characteristics of high morbidity, high mortality and high disability rate. According to statistics, China has 2 million new strokes and 1.5 million deaths from strokes every year, which is the second major risk factor for the death of China’s residents, and there are about 6 million surviving stroke patients, most of whom have different degrees of disability, which not only seriously affects the living standard of patients and brings great difficulties to their lives, but also results in wasting a lot of human, material and financial waste, so the secondary prevention of stroke is particularly important. This not only seriously affects the patients’ living standard and brings great difficulties to their lives, but also causes a large amount of wasted human, material and financial resources, so the secondary prevention of stroke is particularly important. What problems should be paid attention to after having a stroke: I. Handling of functional disorders left behind by this cerebral infarction: If there are sequelae left behind, such as hemiplegia, aphasia and other functional disorders, it is useless to take medicines for these problems, and it is necessary to go to rehabilitation therapy, which should be done when you are in the hospital, and after you are discharged from the hospital, you should do rehabilitation therapy in the community, so as to do your best to improve the functional disorders; II. Preventing the next seizure, which mainly includes removing the risk factors, Diet and exercise, etc.: 1, diet: generally low-salt and low-fat diet, with diabetes not only low sugar diet, but also to control the diet; 2, to quit smoking and limit alcohol: smoking may be a risk factor for stroke, so don’t smoke, alcohol should be less, long-term drinkers of white wine every day to control in about 1 two, beer 1 bottle, wine in about 4 two; 3, cerebral infarction to routinely take antiplatelet drugs every day: such as Aspirin and so on, high blood pressure to eat antihypertensive drugs, regulate blood pressure, try to control blood pressure below 140/90mmHg, diabetes, renal disease to be controlled below 130/80mmHg, remember to take antihypertensive drugs every day, it is best to take long-lasting antihypertensive drugs, so that the blood pressure is stable; 4, hyperlipidemia: take lipid-lowering drugs, the best low-density lipoprotein control at 2.1mmol / l below, lipid-lowering treatment is not only to reduce blood lipids, but also can stabilize atherosclerotic plaque, soften blood vessels, etc.; 5, with diabetes to control blood sugar: through diet and exercise, oral medication, and insulin and other methods of controlling blood glucose, try to make the fasting blood glucose control in the 4.4-6.1 and to control the diet, do not eat and drink; 6, regular, moderate physical exercise: In addition to blood vessel stenosis, TIA, heart disease, sleep apnea, and other diseases. Stenosis, TIA, heart disease, sleep apnea and other diseases to intervene in the treatment, that should be carried out under the guidance of the doctor, as patients and their families at least to understand the above precautions.