Grandma Wang's memory suddenly deteriorated recently. She forgot all the things she was doing just now and lost everything. She lost her keys 4 times in just one week. She was also always dizzy. The family was worried that Grandma Wang was old. When I got older, I suffered from Alzheimer's , so I took her to the hospital for a checkup. This checkup made my family break out in a cold sweat. According to the MRI results, Grandma Wang was diagnosed with acute cerebral infarction in the left occipitotemporal lobe.
In daily life, many people associate forgetfulness with Alzheimer's and other diseases. As everyone knows, forgetfulness may be a precursor to cerebral infarction .
The brain is the core of the human body, and different regions have different functions. Cerebral infarction causes ischemia and hypoxic damage to local brain tissue, which can easily cause multiple functional disorders. Speech dysfunction, aphasia , slurred speech, etc.; sensory dysfunction, abnormal sensation of pain, touch, and temperature; motor dysfunction, limb paralysis, hemiplegia ; cognitive dysfunction, memory loss , poor attention, Poor understanding, etc.
The area of memory in our body is called temporal lobe . There is a special structure on the inner side of the temporal lobe called the hippocampus. hippocampus is mainly responsible for storing and retrieving memory. It is equivalent to the memory of the brain center and also helps us form short-term memory into long-term memory. Memory plays an important role in our learning and memory process.
Alzheimer's disease, also known as Alzheimer's disease , is mainly caused by the reduction in hippocampal volume and the apoptosis of hippocampal cells. When we have a sudden cerebral infarction, ischemic infarction of the hippocampus will lead to sudden memory loss and memory decline.
So after a cerebral infarction, can the patient's memory be restored?
Many patients are diagnosed with the disease in time, and the brain damage is relatively mild. Actively cooperate with treatment in the later stage to improve brain blood circulation, accelerate brain blood vessel metabolism, and promote the growth of damaged brain nerves, which can greatly improve the patient's forgetfulness. symptom. But if, like Grandma Wang, it is not discovered in time and the area of damage is large, the possible sequelae are not only forgetfulness, but also impairment of limb function, cognitive impairment , and the patient cannot take care of himself even though he is recovering. After training, the patient's self-care ability can be greatly improved and the burden on the family members can be reduced.
Active prevention cannot be ignored. It is best for the elderly to receive physical examinations 1-2 times a year, to detect abnormal symptoms in time for intervention and treatment, to reduce the incidence of stroke and allow the elderly to spend their old age peacefully.
