Carctic plaque is divided into two types: one is unstable, more likely to rupture, form thrombosis, and cause cerebral infarction ; do you know which type is?
Remember 2 words after watching today’s video, and you will learn it!
The harm of cerebral infarction is self-evident. It may lead to hemiplegia , aphasia , hemiplegia , long-term bed rest, and may even lead to sudden death!
The direct cause of cerebral infarction is thrombosis. One of the main causes of thrombosis comes from carotid artery plaques. After the carotid artery plaque rupture, a thrombosis may form, and the blood is washed into the cerebral blood vessels by the blood, blocking the cerebral blood vessels, and cerebral infarction occurs.
We now find that there are plaques in the carotid artery. It is relatively easy to do a carotid artery color ultrasound to know whether there are plaques in your carotid artery.
Carotid artery plaques are divided into two types: one is unstable, which is more likely to rupture, form thrombosis, and cause cerebral infarction; do you know which one is? Remember 2 words after watching today's video and you will learn it!
1. Vulnerable plaques (unstable plaques)
is prone to rupture, and this carotid artery plaque that forms thrombus is called vulnerable plaques, which are easily damaged plaques. You think that if the plaque is broken, it will bleed. After the bleeding, a blood clot may form. The blood clot is called a thrombus in the blood vessels. When the thrombus runs to the cerebrovascular vessels, it will be blocked, which will lead to cerebral infarction, hemiplegia, aphasia, and hemiplegia.
Check whether there are carotid artery plaques. If you do a carotid artery color ultrasound, you can find out whether there are carotid artery plaques, but the report generally does not write about whether they are vulnerable plaques, whether they are stable or unstable!
So, most people don’t know if this plaque is unstable or relatively stable when they get color ultrasound results!
color ultrasound report:
color ultrasound if low echo patch is written on color ultrasound.
Hypoechoic plaques are vulnerable plaques and unstable plaques. This plaque has a non-smooth surface, irregular shape, easy to rupture, easy to form thrombosis, and easy to induce cerebral infarction.
2. Non-vasive plaques (stable plaques)
Relatively speaking, the other type is called non-vasive plaques, also called hard plaques. The color ultrasound generally says strong echo plaques, which refer to hard plaques. The surface of hard plaques is smooth and has regular appearance, is relatively difficult to break, is not prone to thrombosis, is relatively stable, and has relatively low risk.
If you can’t remember it, then remember two words: tough!
toughness is a more familiar word.
strong echoes are hard plaques. Hard things are not easy to be damaged, they are not easy to break, they are not easy to rupture, they are not easy to bleed, they are not easy to bleed, they are not easy to bleed, they are not easy to bleed, they are not easy to form blood clots, they are not easy to form blood clots, they are not easy to form blood clots, they are not easy to thrombosis, they are not easy to cerebral infarction, and they are relatively stable.
Remember one, and you don’t need to remember the other. The opposite is low echo soft plaque, which is relatively prone to thrombosis and has a higher risk.
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Of course, both soft and hard plaques are relative. No matter what kind of plaque it is, we must treat it formally under the guidance of a professional doctor.
Whether it is hard or soft plaques, you need to stick to a long-term healthy life: stay away from tobacco and alcohol, eat a healthy diet, control your weight, exercise, don’t stay up late, have a good mentality; control your blood pressure, blood sugar, blood lipids .
This is the basis for preventing plaque aggravation and preventing plaque rupture!
As for whether to take medicine for plaques, whether to take statins or aspirin, it depends on the specific situation. Almost all soft plaques, that is, unstable plaques, need to take aspirin + statin under the guidance of a doctor. Even some larger plaques need to be treated surgically.
In short, today we will first learn to see carotid artery color ultrasound to identify soft plaques or hard plaques: tough ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
