As the weather gets colder, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular accidents have entered a high-incidence season. Because its high incidence, high mortality, and high disability rates seriously threaten people's health.
Two days ago, 69-year-old Mr. Zhang suddenly fainted by the toilet when he got up in the morning. After the family found out, they quickly called 120, called an ambulance, and took him to the hospital.
After some examination, it was finally diagnosed with sudden stroke . Because of the timely rescue, Mr. Zhang's life was saved, but it left behind the sequelae of hemiplegia .
According to relevant statistical results, more than 6 million people die from stroke every year, and the cost of spending on cerebrovascular disease treatment exceeds 2 trillion yuan, which brings a heavy economic burden to both families and society.
Since stroke is so harmful, what can we prevent it?
1 Actively treat underlying diseases
The reason why winter is called the "devil season" of stroke is because the temperature drops, which causes blood vessels to contract, which causes blood pressure to fluctuate greatly. In addition, the metabolism slows down, the blood flow rate will slow down.
In this case, people with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases are more likely to have the risk of stroke. For example, in patients with hypertension, , due to the sudden rise in blood pressure, the blood vessel wall may rupture when it cannot withstand high pressure, causing cerebral hemorrhage .
For example, patients with atrial fibrillation have irregular beating of the heart, causing blood to spin in the heart, making it easy to cause thrombosis. If the blood flow slows down at this time, these blood clots accumulate in tiny blood vessels in the brain, which will cause cerebral ischemia.
Therefore, actively treating cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases is the most effective preventive measure, which can greatly reduce the incidence of stroke and prevent it before it occurs.
2 Develop good living habits
Secondly, it is to develop good living habits. The most important point among them is to develop good eating habits, low salt and low fat, quit smoking and limit alcohol, eat less pickled vegetables and pickled products, and never overeat.
The second point is to maintain proper exercise. The elderly can mainly walk, or do some aerobic exercises with less intensity, such as jogging, Tai Chi , cycling, etc.
Third, we must maintain a good attitude. Although patients with cardiovascular diseases are prone to stroke, we cannot "get all the plants and trees" correctly understand our own diseases and treat them scientifically.
3 Reasonable supplementation of folic acid
In addition to the above two points, there is another very important point, which is reasonable supplementation of folic acid. Why is folic acid supplementation very important?
Folate deficiency can lead to hyperhomocysteinemia (hyperhomocysteinemia), and this indicator is closely related to the incidence of stroke.
American Heart Association uses hyperhomocysteinemia (Hcy) levels >10 μmol·L as the diagnostic criteria for hyperHcyemia in the "Guidelines for Prevention of Ischemic Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attacks". [1]
This is similar to the diagnostic standards recommended by my country's "Expert Consensus on Diagnosis and Treatment of H-type Hypertension". The "China Hypertension Prevention and Treatment Guidelines (Revised Version in 2018)" revised the diagnostic standards for hyperHcyemia to Hcy level ≥15μmol·L. [1]
Folic acid is an water-soluble vitamin , which is necessary for the growth and reproduction of cells in the human body. It can not only be used to treat anemia caused by folic acid deficiency, but also nutrient supplements for pregnant women. Long-term supplementation can also help reduce the risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. [1]
The effective and safe dosage of folic acid supplementation for general population is 0.4 to 0.8 mg per day, and the content of Slian folic acid tablets is 0.4 mg per tablet, and 0.8 mg of two tablets each time, which just meets the needs of the human body.
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Reference
1. Sun Ningling, Wang Yuping and others. Multidisciplinary Expert Consensus on Reasonable Clinical Supplementation of Folic Acid in China [J]. Medical Herald, 2021, 40 (1): 1-19.
