tell you about the situation. If the elderly at home suddenly experience changes in their mobility or are a little confused, you must pay attention to the cerebral thrombosis. Today, a patient with trigeminal neuralgia came to the hospital, but when he was hospitalized, he found that his legs were not good, he couldn't walk steadily, and his brain was a little confused. The family thought it was caused by taking pain medication. I know that the medicine he took would not cause a sudden change in the lower limbs' exercise ability. After CT examination, it was confirmed that it was cerebral infarction , and went to the neurology department for treatment in time to avoid accidents. So if there is such a situation at home, everyone must be careful. Even if the elderly at home have no trauma, they may have cerebral infarction and lower limb muscle dysfunction. It is very important to go to the doctor in time if there is such a situation.
What is the relationship between pain and cerebral infarction?
1) Chronic pain is a brain dysfunction disease that can affect brain function and behavior by changing the flow and integration of information between brain areas. The formation of pain perception is a widely-existing and distinctive central neuron network encoding process in the brain, including several different dimensions such as sensation, cognition, and emotions, involving multiple related structures such as spinal cord, brain stem, , limbic system, and cerebral cortex. Therefore, chronic pain is also considered a central disease caused by encoding abnormalities in neural network.
2) Pain itself can cause extensive brain dynamics changes, significantly activate cognitive and emotional brain regions, and strengthen insula (IC) and medial nucleus groups and anterior cingulate gyrus (ACC) activities.
3) Severe pain puts the patient's body in a state of high stress, causing the patient's sympathetic nerve to be excited, resulting in increased blood pressure and heart rhythm disorders. In severe cases, it will cause cerebral hemorrhage or myocardial infarction.
