What is the cause of cerebral arteriosclerosis

Speaking of cerebral arteriosclerosis, it is indeed a disease that has appeared frequently in recent times, and there are many elderly patients among them. As you get older, the threat to your life becomes greater. Long-term lack of treatment can easily lead to some unexpected complications, so many children want to know more about the disease so that they can help the elderly prevent it before it occurs. So, what is the cause of cerebral arteriosclerosis?

1. Hypertension is closely related to this disease. If blood pressure continues to rise, the incidence of atherosclerosis will increase significantly. Hypertension causes vascular dilation, stimulates smooth muscle cell proliferation, damages the intima and endothelial cell layers, and allows blood lipids to accumulate on the blood vessel walls. Hyperlipidemia is also one of the risk factors of the disease. If total cholesterol, triglycerides, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) or very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL) increase, and high-density lipoprotein, especially its subcomponent II (HDLⅡ) decrease, the disease is prone to occur. Research on apolipoproteins in recent years has shown that a decrease in apolipoprotein A and an increase in apolipoprotein B are also related to this disease.

2. Bad diet and bad habits

People who often eat high-calorie diets, more animal fat, cholesterol, sugar and salt are prone to this disease. Western diet is an important factor in causing disease. Compared with non-smokers, smokers have a significantly higher incidence of arteriosclerosis, which is directly proportional to the number of cigarettes smoked per day. In addition, reduced intake of certain trace elements, such as chromium, manganese, zinc, vanadium, and selenium, and increased intake of lead, cadmium, and cobalt, can also make people susceptible to this disease.

Symptoms of cerebral arteriosclerosis:

1. Dizziness: Dizziness is the most common symptom of hypertension. Some are transient, often occurring when squatting or standing up suddenly, and some are persistent. Dizziness is the main pain of patients. They have a persistent dull and uncomfortable feeling in the head, which seriously hinders thinking, affects work, and causes loss of interest in surrounding things. When hypertensive crisis or vertebral-basilar artery insufficiency occurs, symptoms similar to inner ear vertigo may appear.

2. Headache: Headache is also a common symptom of hypertension, which is mostly persistent dull pain or throbbing pain, or even explosive pain. It often occurs in the morning when waking up, and gradually subsides after getting up and moving around and after meals. The pain is mostly in the temples on both sides of the forehead and the back of the head.

3. Irritability, palpitations, and insomnia: Patients with hypertension tend to be impatient, sensitive, and easily excited. Palpitations and insomnia are more common. Insomnia is often characterized by difficulty falling asleep or waking up early, unrecoverable sleep, nightmares, and easy awakening. This is related to cerebral cortex dysfunction and autonomic nervous system dysfunction.

4. Inattention and memory loss: It is not obvious in the early stage, but gradually worsens as the disease progresses. Because it is quite distressing, it is often one of the reasons that prompts patients to seek medical treatment. It is manifested by easy distraction and loss of recent memory. It is often difficult to remember recent events, but things in the past, such as childhood, are still fresh in the memory.

5. Limb numbness: common symptoms include numbness in fingers and toes, a tingling sensation on the skin, or tension and soreness in the neck and back muscles. Some patients often feel stiffness in their fingers. Generally, the condition will improve after proper treatment. However, if the limb numbness is stubborn, lasts a long time, and is fixed to a certain limb, and is accompanied by limb weakness, cramps, and throbbing pain, you should go to the hospital in time to prevent a stroke.

6. Bleeding: less common. Since hypertension can cause arteriosclerosis, which reduces the elasticity of blood vessels and increases their fragility, they are prone to rupture and bleeding. Among them, nosebleed is the most common, followed by conjunctival hemorrhage, fundus hemorrhage, cerebral hemorrhage, etc. According to statistics, among patients with severe nosebleeds, about 80% suffer from hypertension.

After reading the above introduction, you will find that the occurrence of cerebral arteriosclerosis is actually related to some common daily diseases. Therefore, everyone must take good care of their physical health in daily life. Even when they are young, they should not ignore the importance of physical health.