Cerebral arteriosclerosis

Cerebral arteriosclerosis refers to chronic encephalopathy such as arteriosclerotic dementia and pseudobulbar palsy caused by neurasthenia syndrome caused by multiple cerebral infarction, softening, necrosis and atrophy after cerebral arteriosclerosis. Cerebral arteriosclerosis is part of systemic arteriosclerosis, and it is also the main basis of acute cerebral blood circulation, especially cerebral ischemic attack. It is a general term for cerebral artery wall degeneration and sclerosis caused by various factors. Including cerebral atherosclerosis (large and middle arteries), small arteriosclerosis, and vitreous changes of small arteries, which are often mentioned in medicine, are called cerebral arteriosclerosis. Since the process of arteriosclerosis formation is quite slow, arteriosclerosis does not begin to develop until old age, but it gradually spreads and worsens with age. Most patients do not necessarily have clinical symptoms, so it is often easy. Ignored by people. However, with the gradual progress of cerebral arteriosclerosis, brain tissue will be softened and necrosis due to ischemia, and brain cells will degenerate and die, and finally brain atrophy and cerebral arteriosclerosis dementia will occur. Severe patients can develop severe strokes (intracerebral hemorrhage and cerebral infarction) that are life-threatening, and even if they survive, severe sequelae remain. Therefore, it is important to recognize and prevent cerebral arteriosclerosis early. There are many reasons for the formation of this disease. According to epidemiological investigations, it is found that abnormal metabolism of fat and cholesterol, hypertension, diabetes, obesity, smoking and gender and age can all become factors that cause cerebral arteriosclerosis.

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