Until now, world-famous scientists have not reached a common opinion: is brain sclerosis a separate disease or is this a normal process that accompanies aging. However, both parties agree that atherosclerosis is a chronic disorder that damages blood vessels.
Sclerosis of the cerebral vessels begins with the fact that the walls of the arteries are saturated with a substance similar to fat, cholesterol. Without cholesterol, the body cannot function normally. This substance helps the construction of cell membranes; without it, acids necessary for digestion will not be synthesized in the body. Hormones and vitamin D are also formed with cholesterol. But with age, it begins to collect on the walls of blood vessels and arteries in the form of seals. They, in turn, are saturated with calcium, forming atherosclerotic plaques. Sometimes a large accumulation of such plaques leads to tissue necrosis. But there are cases when they disappeared on their own or as a result of the treatment.
Plaques constrict blood vessels, disrupt the proper circulation of venous and arterial blood, which can lead to extremely serious consequences.
How to determine whether a person has sclerosis of cerebral vessels ? Symptoms at the very beginning of the disease are nonspecific. The patient begins to suffer from headaches, which intensify over time. If you do not start timely treatment, such pains become permanent. There is ringing or tinnitus, and vision loss. Often patients with a diagnosis of atherosclerosis complain of flickering “flies” before their eyes, dizziness with a change in body position. If the disease progresses, then a person may stumble on some syllables while making a long speech. Sometimes the face turns red or, on the contrary, the face sharply turns pale, short-term sweating occurs. Often there is insomnia, nightly fears appear, nervousness increases. Naturally, such a state gradually leads to a change in the mental state of the patient.
First, the ability to distinguish between the main and the secondary is lost, and mechanical memory weakens. Later, a “stuck” syndrome may occur when a person is obsessed with past events, more and more inclined towards depression.
People who have elderly relatives should be especially attentive to them and not neglect a visit to a doctor. Because the tearfulness, grumbling, pickiness, which the old people are often accused of, is often explained not by their harmfulness, but by the manifestation of the disease
At a certain stage, sclerosis of cerebral vessels can emphasize, exaggerate all the unpleasant qualities of character that were previously characteristic of man. If this happens, you need to urgently contact a specialist.
In especially severe cases, in patients with atherosclerosis, coordination is disturbed, limbs begin to tremble, and the response to light decreases. The symmetry of the face is broken, mental disorders are manifested very clearly. Sometimes patients cease to recognize others, cannot find their way home.
If there is a suspicion that a person begins sclerosis of cerebral vessels, treatment should begin immediately.
Medication usually consists of a complex of drugs for atherosclerosis, vitamins, and sedative drugs. It is selected in accordance with the characteristics of the patient's body.
Natural and artificial baths, physiotherapy are shown.
In addition, the correct regimen can alleviate the condition of a person diagnosed with cerebral sclerosis.
A person with such a disease is recommended to be more often in the air, engage in useful activities to the best of his ability, and perform physical exercises.
It is proved that brain sclerosis is able to prevent anyone. To do this, firstly, you should eat right. Monitor the amount eaten, do not abuse animal fats, eat more vegetables. Secondly, to move as much as possible, to walk. Finally, try to reduce stress because nervous tension provokes the development of atherosclerosis.