Can brainstem infarction be cured?

The symptom of brainstem infarction is difficult to treat, and it mainly occurs in the elderly. The onset is relatively rapid and may threaten life safety. Therefore, patients with brainstem infarction should relax their mentality and try to avoid the onset of the disease. When it comes to the treatment of brainstem infarction, you should choose a hospital with more advanced brain technology, which can increase the success rate of the operation.

Can brainstem infarction be cured?

Brainstem infarction occurs in middle-aged and elderly people. Among these people, a large proportion suffer from hypertension and arteriosclerosis. Moreover, this disease develops rapidly, and the main manifestation is hemiplegia or quadriplegia. So can brainstem infarction be cured?

1. First of all, everyone should understand the pathological changes of brainstem infarction. Basically, on the basis of cerebral arteriosclerosis, blood clots are formed in the patient's blood vessels, which blocks the normal flow of blood in the blood vessels, thereby causing ischemia, hypoxia and necrosis of brain tissue.

2. These phenomena fully explain why we see different conditions in patients with brainstem infarction. Some may only suffer from hemiplegia, some may become demented, and some may even become a vegetable. Large-area brainstem infarction is fatal.

3. If brainstem infarction is discovered and treated early, these serious sequelae will not occur and it may be cured. However, once brain cell necrosis occurs, most people cannot be completely cured and will be left with many sequelae.

Symptoms of brainstem infarction

Many people experience some precursor symptoms before a brainstem infarction occurs. It is possible that these symptoms were not taken seriously enough, which led to the development of brainstem infarction. So today let’s talk about what are the symptoms of brainstem infarction?

1. Dizziness and headache

This symptom is the most obvious. Symptoms of dizziness and headache may be persistent and severe, but are often mistaken for common headaches. Dizziness may be caused by ischemic cerebral infarction. Headache is usually accompanied by nausea and vomiting, which may be caused by hemorrhagic cerebral infarction. However, it is often mistaken for cervical spondylosis, thus delaying the best treatment time.

2. Temporary visual impairment

The main symptom may be that you suddenly feel that things are blurry, or there is a loss of vision, and you see things very incompletely. This phenomenon will recover on its own within a short time, and it is also a relatively early signal of cerebral infarction.

3. Drowsiness and sleepiness

Continuous yawning is a clear sign of brain hypoxia. More than 80% of people will experience frequent yawning 5 to 10 days before an ischemic stroke.

Treatment of brainstem infarction

Once a brainstem infarction occurs, not only should early treatment be carried out, but the most important thing to pay attention to is the treatment method. Based on these issues of great concern, let's talk about the treatments for cerebral infarction in detail today.

1. Brainstem infarction period

The acute phase of brainstem infarction generally lasts seven days. At this time, the patient should rest in bed, which can effectively prevent complications, improve the patient's brain blood circulation as soon as possible, and prevent cerebral edema. Within the first six hours of onset, some thrombolytic drugs must be used for treatment; within the first three days, some snake venom preparations must be used for treatment; before the cerebral edema subsides, it is not appropriate to use any vasodilators.

2. Recovery period of brainstem infarction

During this stage, some corresponding drug treatments are mainly carried out with the purpose of improving the patient's brain metabolism and cerebral circulation. And cooperation is also required, so as to further promote the recovery of the patient's neurological function.

No matter which stage of treatment, it must be carried out under the guidance of a doctor, and family members must also actively cooperate.