Some young people always think that they are young and in good health, and their illness is still far away from them. They do not pay attention to their living habits, smoke, drink, eat high salt, high fat and high sugar, and lack of exercise, which leads to overweight and even obesity, and even overdraw their bodies, live irregularly, stay up late often, and have a lot of mental stress.
This causes more risk factors for stroke, such as hypertension , hyperlipidemia, diabetes , etc.
At the same time, young people's awareness of disease prevention is far lower than that of the elderly. They do not pay attention to regular physical examinations. Even if the "three highs" are found in the physical examination, they don't care.
Little do you know that the above will cause thrombosis to continue to deposit in cerebrovascular, accelerating the aging of blood vessels.
The blood vessels become hard and lose their elasticity, and they are prone to rupture, causing cerebral hemorrhage ; the blood vessels are narrowed and blocked, and they are prone to ischemia, resulting in cerebral infarction .
This is what is commonly known as the two major categories of stroke - hemorrhagic stroke and ischemic stroke .
World Stroke Day
October 29, 2022 is the 17th World Stroke Day, with the theme of "Identify Stroke Symptoms and Seize the Valuable Time".
Quickly identifying symptoms is the first step in stroke treatment and the key to winning the rescue time.
You should know that when a stroke occurs, brain cells will necrotize at a rate of 1.9 million per minute, and the damage caused by the death of brain cells is irreversible.
quickly recognize symptoms. Experts recommend memorizing the "Stroke 120" formula: "1" refers to looking at a face, whether there is asymmetry or skewed corners"; "2" refers to "checking two arms, whether there is unilateral weakness when lifted parallel"; "0" refers to listening to language, whether there is unclear speech, and difficulty in expressing" .
Once you find that the agreement is met, call 120 emergency number immediately and send the sick person to the hospital for treatment in the shortest time.
Prevention is more important than treating
stroke in young people, and the focus is on prevention. The following suggestions should not let the stroke "sleep" not be prevented.
1. Know whether your family members have hereditary hypertension, diabetes or cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
2. Change bad living habits and develop a healthy lifestyle, such as quitting smoking and limiting alcohol, staying away from drugs, having low salt and low fat, eating a light diet, losing weight, avoiding obesity, exercising appropriately, and working and rest regularly.
3. Regular physical examinations, pay attention to your blood pressure, blood lipids , blood sugar levels, etc. You must not miss the annual physical examination.
4. If you find that your blood pressure is high, your blood lipids are high, or your has high blood sugar is high, you must insist on taking medicine to control the corresponding indicators.
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Hunan Medical Chat Special Author: Hunan Provincial People's Hospital Department of Neurology Ward Li Qinghua
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