Dizziness due to cerebral arteriosclerosis

There are many kinds of diseases that can be considered when patients experience dizziness, because cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases are most likely to cause dizziness, and high blood pressure may also cause dizziness. Cerebral arteriosclerosis is a relatively serious disease. This disease generally occurs in the elderly. It is said that the elderly should eat more foods that soften blood vessels. So what should be done about dizziness caused by cerebral arteriosclerosis?

Symptoms of cerebral arteriosclerosis include headache, dizziness, irritability, memory loss, inattention, and arteriosclerosis caused by high blood pressure with the risk of bleeding. Headache when going upstairs is caused by increased workload on the heart, which leads to insufficient blood supply to the heart and brain. Treatment requires maintaining a regular lifestyle, avoiding emotional excitement, doing appropriate physical exercise, quitting smoking and drinking, and abstaining from high-fat foods, while also treating hypertension, diabetes, and hyperlipidemia. Drugs that improve cerebral circulation are available.

I have been feeling dizzy in the past few months. I measured my blood pressure and was told that it was low and I was lacking in energy and blood. I went to the hospital for a check-up and the doctor said I had mild arteriosclerosis. I always suffer from insomnia and feel dazed every day. I am very worried about my physical condition, especially cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

Cerebral arteriosclerosis is a part of systemic arteriosclerosis and is also the main cause of acute cerebral blood circulation, especially cerebral ischemia. It is a general term for the degeneration and hardening of the cerebral artery wall caused by various factors.

Symptoms include:

1. Headache: often feel heavy and stuffy, dizzy and headache, often accompanied by tinnitus and blurred vision.

2. Poor sleep: difficulty falling asleep, waking up easily, dreaming, etc. Some people need to take sleeping pills to fall asleep, while others are sleepy. Recent memory loss: easy to forget names, numbers and recent events, but remember childhood or past events very clearly.

3. Decreased comprehensive judgment ability: decreased ability to comprehend new things, reduced work efficiency, and a sense of incompetence. Abnormal emotions: often get excited and lose temper because of trivial things in life, sad and emotional fluctuations, abnormal personality, enthusiasm becomes indifferent, generosity becomes stingy, neatness becomes lax. Some patients may also have emotional disorders such as anxiety, depression or fear. Pseudobulbar palsy is manifested by increased muscle tension in the limbs, difficult to control, strong laughter, strong crying, bitter smile, similarity, difficulty in swallowing, accompanied by drooling, etc.

Cerebral arteriosclerosis is part of systemic arteriosclerosis and is also a risk factor for stroke. It usually first causes dizziness, headaches, a feeling of tightness and pressure in the head, tinnitus, drowsiness, memory loss, and fatigue. Poor judgment, cold hands and feet, whole body and local sweating, premature graying of hair and premature baldness. Abnormal movements. In the middle and late stages of cerebral arteriosclerosis, unsteady walking and turning may occur, manifested by symptoms such as stiff, slow gait or unsteady walking. Cerebral arteriosclerosis can easily lead to cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, so it must be well controlled.

General treatment: Pay attention to the combination of work and rest, lead a regular life, avoid emotional excitement and do moderate physical exercise. Patients with dementia, mental disorders and mobility impairment should receive enhanced daily care.

Dietary treatment: Control the intake of animal fat and high cholesterol, such as limiting egg yolks, fatty meat, animal offal, etc., avoid high-sugar diet, eat more vegetables, fruits and kelp, control weight, and it is best to quit smoking and drinking.