Stroke is high in winter, what should I do?

Stroke is an important disease endangering people's health, which has the characteristics of high incidence, high disability rate, high mortality rate and high recurrence rate. Especially in winter, the incidence rate is significantly higher than other seasons. This is because temperature changes are easy to induce stroke (cerebral infarction). What should I do?

First, the reasons for the high incidence in winter

1, blood pressure is increased or unstable in winter.

In winter, the weather is cold, and the peripheral blood vessels contract in the cold environment, which increases blood pressure. In the elderly with arteriosclerosis, blood pressure rises more obviously and often becomes unstable, both of which are risk factors for stroke (cerebral infarction).

2, slow blood flow in winter is easy to form thrombosis.

Cold environment will also increase fibrin in human blood and increase blood viscosity. At the same time, platelets are easy to aggregate in cold weather, and platelet aggregation is the initial step of thrombosis. When people are asleep, the blood flow is slow, coupled with the low indoor temperature, platelet aggregation, easy to form thrombosis. Once thrombosis forms and blocks blood vessels in the brain, cerebral infarction will occur.

3. Improper lifestyle: high dietary fat, high salt and little exercise.

It's very cold. In order to keep out the cold, people tend to eat high-energy foods, such as pork, beef and mutton. And hot pot has also become an important cooking method. When eating hot pot, in order to add delicacy, some heavy dipping materials, such as soy sauce and sesame sauce, are often added, and too much salt is unconsciously ingested, which makes hyperlipidemia and arteriosclerosis quietly aggravated, so the blood viscosity increases and the risk of stroke increases.

Second, the precursor of stroke (cerebral infarction)

There are two main blood vessels supplying the brain: carotid artery system and vertebrobasilar artery system. Arterial blockage in any system will lead to the occurrence of stroke, and corresponding symptoms will appear, such as:

1, hemiplegia or paraplegia in one limb. It is characterized by numbness and fatigue of one hand and one foot. In severe cases, it is completely unconscious and unable to move. It can also be manifested as numbness and fatigue of a single upper limb or lower limb.

2. Visual impairment. It is characterized by short-term visual fog or shadow in front of the eyes, often accompanied by limb paralysis.

3. Speech disorder. Can understand others' words and express them correctly, but can't pronounce them clearly and read them clearly; Or you can understand what others say, but you can't express it accurately and answer irrelevant questions; Or can't speak at all, can't understand others.

4. Dizziness and unsteady gait. I feel that things around me or myself are spinning. When I walk, I feel that the road is shaking and my gait is unstable.

5, swallowing difficulties. The light person choked on drinking water, and the heavy person even choked on solid food such as eating, even the saliva could not be swallowed, showing salivation.

Third, some simple ways to prevent stroke (cerebral infarction)

1, neck movement

You should exercise your neck regularly at ordinary times, and your neck can rotate or move back and forth. A better way is to massage your neck regularly. This external force will force the neck to move, which can reduce the deposition of blood lipids in the carotid artery, accelerate blood circulation and prevent the formation of thrombosis.

2. Head massage

Couples can massage each other, children can massage their parents, and they can also massage with the help of others. The head is the thinnest and longest blood vessel. So the most likely stroke is cerebral vascular embolism. Therefore, regular massage of the head is helpful to strengthen the circulation of blood vessels in the head and prevent embolism.

3. Shoulder movement

Because the shoulder and neck are connected, shoulder exercise can relieve the pressure of shoulder muscles, thus reducing the pressure on the brain, improving the blood pressure circulation in the brain and reducing the pressure on the neck.

Brother Kang's warm reminder:

A considerable number of stroke (cerebral infarction) patients suffer from cerebral hemorrhage because they do not pay attention to the control of blood pressure and are afraid of the side effects of drugs. Therefore, under the premise of preventing cerebral infarction, we must pay attention to the control of hypertension.