Brain spasm: signs and symptoms, diagnosis, drug review, treatment

The brain is the main organ that controls the operation of all systems. His incorrect work negatively affects the entire body. Brain spasm is a short-term circulatory disturbance due to pathological contraction of muscle tissue in the vessels. At the same time, nutrition and oxygen supply to the body.

General pathology information

Spasm of the brain - acute circulatory failure, which is paroxysmal and short-term in nature. Severe functional impairments are usually absent, but fatal outcomes are possible in complex cases.

Spasm of the brain mainly occurs in able-bodied patients aged 30-45 years. At the same time, the male population suffers more often. If the specified disease state is diagnosed in children, then the cause is often a birth injury or congenital defects in the structure of blood vessels.

The contraction of muscle fibers occurs due to the arrival of an impulse along the nerves and the replacement of the necessary electrolyte ions in places. They are shortened at the same time. If a failure occurs at each of the indicated stages, a spasm appears. Often it is a reflex reaction of the body.

Pathology can occur not only due to damage to the cerebral vessels, but also with neck vein disease. If their walls contracted, but did not relax in time, the blood flow is disturbed.

Causes and types of disease

The causes of spasm of the brain are various. Among them are:

• Migraine.
• Subdural hemorrhage, in which superficial blood vessels suffer.
• Increased intracranial pressure due to accumulation of excessive amounts of cerebrospinal fluid.
• Stroke.
• Encephalitis or other types of infectious brain damage.
• The presence of a benign or malignant tumor that compresses the blood vessels.
• Chronic renal failure, diabetes mellitus.
• Persistent increase in pressure.
• Cervical osteochondrosis.
• Pathology of the heart.
• Atherosclerosis.
• Problems with thyroid function.
• Aneurysm of cerebral vessels.
• Vasculitis.
• Blockage or inflammation of the blood vessels.
• Chronic fatigue due to constant lack of sleep.
• Stress, emotional or psychological stress.
• VSD.
• Bad habits: smoking tobacco, drinking alcohol in large quantities, the use of drugs.
• Frostbite or prolonged exposure to cold without a hat.
• Acute or chronic intoxication of the body, regardless of the etiology of its occurrence.
• Traumatic brain injury.
• Pathology of connective tissue.
• Hypothalamic syndrome.
• Angina pectoris.
• Obesity.
• Oxygen deficiency due to prolonged stay in a poorly ventilated area.
• Intoxication of the body due to acute or chronic poisoning with drugs, chemicals, food.

Sometimes the causes of cerebral spasms are the use of certain medications, errors in nutrition. Age-related changes in tissues that can cause spasm are also important.

Before starting treatment of cerebrovascular spasms with pills, it is necessary to determine the type of pathology. It can be classified as follows:

1. Angiospasm. This type of disease is temporary.
2. Vasospasm. In this case, the cause of the spasm is a constant narrowing of the walls of the vessels.
3. Angioedema. Due to spasm, the patient feels weak in the body. Since the walls practically do not function, their dystrophy occurs over time. If there is no cure for the symptoms of cerebral spasm, the consequences will be dire. Therapy is required immediately.
4. Cerebral necrotic spasm. The patient has a severe headache, he may lose consciousness. Symptoms include vomiting, impaired coordination of movements, slurred speech. This requires immediate hospitalization.

With a mild form of pathology, the symptoms are mild, and the body can cope with the problem on its own. Depending on the degree of development of the disease, it can be local or represents a general organ lesion.

Symptoms of the disease

Pills for spasm of cerebral vessels are selected individually. First you need to determine the symptoms of the pathological condition. Typically, the patient has the following symptoms:

• Periodic, often recurring pain in the head. And from them it is almost impossible to get rid of improvised means. The pain is long, severe. More often they appear in the morning after sleep or in the evening. It is difficult to understand the localization of sensations, since they can make themselves felt anywhere in the head. A person reacts to changing weather conditions.
• Noise in ears. It is able to increase after exercise.
• The appearance of dizziness.
• Attacks of nausea and vomiting.
• Numbness and tingling in the temples.
• Deterioration of cognitive functions: thinking, memory, attention.
• Fatigue, as a result of which a person's performance drops.
• Heart rate change.
• Increased sweating.
• Tremor of hands.
• Disorientation in space.
• Feeling of a strong heartbeat.
• Darkening in the eyes.
• Change in complexion: it becomes pale.

Symptoms of cerebral spasm in children are as follows: impaired hearing and vision, paresis, problems of a neurological nature. Often there is a violation of the psychophysiological development of the baby.

Symptoms and treatment of cerebrovascular spasms depend on the severity of the pathology:

• The first is characterized by the presence of headache and increased irritability. Cognitive impairment is negligible. The patient gets tired more and faster.
• The second one. Symptoms become more pronounced. The patient is haunted by constant migraines, fainting. Vision and hearing are impaired significantly. A shuffling gait is characteristic of this stage.
• At the third stage, the patient is no longer able to service himself, he completely loses his working capacity.

Symptoms, causes, treatment of cerebrovascular spasms, it is important to remember people with a hereditary predisposition to cerebral pathologies.

Pathology diagnostics

Before taking pills for spasm of cerebral vessels, the patient needs to undergo laboratory and instrumental examination. It includes:

1. Gathering the patient’s medical history and fixing his complaints. Perhaps the doctor will conduct some neurological tests.
2. Monitoring blood pressure. Here, daily monitoring may be involved.
3. Cerebral angiography: X-ray examination using a contrast medium.
4. MRI Thanks to this procedure, the doctor can examine the brain tissue in layers. A method is used to determine thrombosis, vascular status, the presence of aneurysm or a tumor in the brain.
5. Doppler scanning of blood vessels using ultrasound. Here it becomes possible to identify defects in the structure of veins, blood flow velocity.
6. X-ray of the cervical spine. It is used for suspected osteochondrosis, in which the cervical vessels are pinched.

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Features of traditional therapy

Pills for spasm of cerebral vessels are used if the general condition of the patient becomes severe. They are prescribed only by a doctor. If the pathological condition is short-term and does not affect the person too much, then it is enough to perform some home procedures: relax, it is convenient to sit down or lie down. The patient needs to provide a sufficient amount of fresh air, remove those items of clothing that constrain movement.

With a mild attack, spasm of the cerebral vessels is removed using valerian or motherwort. If the pathological condition is caused by hypothermia, then it is enough for a person to take a warm shower or bath. To expand the vessels, you can use cognac. Only 30-50 g of the drink will be required. Washing with cool water, warmed tea with honey, self-massage of the nape of the neck, temporal areas of the head also helps.

With more serious attacks, the removal of cerebral vasospasm is performed using drugs:

1. Calcium antagonists: "Phenigidin", "Adalat". These drugs normalize vascular tone. They provide an increase in arterial clearance, and do not affect the state of the veins. Thus, blood flow in cerebral tissues is enhanced and nerve cells are supplied with the necessary amount of oxygen. These drugs are prescribed only by a doctor.
2. Medicines for cerebral vasodilation: Eufillin, Papaverine. They are taken only with a sharp spasm of the vessels. Such drugs are prescribed by a doctor and are sold by prescription. These drugs are often administered intravenously and have an analgesic effect.
3. Soothing: motherwort and valerian. In difficult cases, tranquilizers are required: Relanium. Sometimes a doctor prescribes antidepressants.
4. Statins: Atomax, Lipoford. Such funds help maintain the state of the vessels in the norm, preventing spasm.
5. Fibrates: Atromide, Clofibrate. Treatment of cerebral spasm with drugs of this type is prescribed to those people who have a tendency to cerebral pathologies.
6. Nootropics: Trental. Their intravenous administration is recommended.
7. Anticoagulants: Warfarin. They are required to prevent thrombosis.
8. Preparations containing ginkgo biloba. They produce a complex effect: relieve spasm of the cerebral and cervical vessels, improve blood circulation and microcirculation, strengthen the vascular walls. At the same time, they are allowed to take on their own and this type of medicine is sold without a doctor’s prescription. Ginkgo biloba improves the rheological properties of blood, preventing its excessive thickening.

Treatment of symptoms of cerebrovascular spasms with drugs requires the additional use of other methods. Therapy should be comprehensive.

Alternative treatment

The removal of spasm of the brain is successfully carried out by folk remedies. However, they can be used with the permission of a doctor. In addition, some of these drugs are designed for emergency care, while others will take a long time. Such recipes will be useful:

1. Decoction of the root of plantain, dandelion and St. John's wort. These herbs must be mixed in equal proportions. Next, 2 tbsp. l the composition must be mixed with a glass of boiling water and left for 30 minutes. The liquid is used for compresses. Moreover, it must be chilled.
2. Rosehip broth. It regulates vascular tone well, eliminates spasm. Another broth helps to stabilize the pressure, acts as a light diuretic medicine.
3. Decoction of thyme and garlic leaves. These components are prepared as tea. It must be consumed 30-60 days.
4. Common flare. It can be used in powder form. It should be consumed daily in half a teaspoon. The number of receptions per day is 3. Also, chopped grass (2 tbsp. L.) Must be poured with 750 ml of boiling water. It takes 1 hour to insist. It is necessary to use the drug in a glass once a day. The duration of the course of therapy is 1 month.
5. Periwinkle. It dilates blood vessels well. Need 1 tbsp. l chopped herbs with 300 ml of water and boil in a water bath for no more than 15 minutes. Further, the product is infused for 45 minutes, filtered and cooled. It is required to drink 200-750 ml three times a day.
6. Viburnum. 200 g of flowers and 300 ml of boiled liquid are required. The mixture is infused for 1 hour. Take the medicine should be half a cup. The number of receptions - 4 times a day.
7. Sophora Japanese. Here both fruits and flowers are needed. It will take 2 tbsp. l mixtures and half a liter of boiling water. The components should be combined and boiled for another 5 minutes over low heat. The filtered liquid is stored in the refrigerator. It is recommended to take it 1-3 cups twice a day.
8. A mixture of garlic (5 heads), honey (0.5 l), lemons (5 pcs). All ingredients must be pre-ground and well mixed. Further, the medicine is used for 1 tbsp. l in the morning. It must be stored in the refrigerator, stirring occasionally. Very carefully, it is necessary to take the remedy for people with pathologies of the gastrointestinal tract and 12 duodenal ulcer.
9. Hypericum herb infusion. For cooking, you need to steam 1 tbsp. l dry raw materials with a glass of boiled water.
10. Sea buckthorn oil. Such a recipe will allow you to get rid of atherosclerosis or prevent its occurrence. It is necessary to undergo a course of therapy every year. It is required for 2 weeks to consume 1 tsp. funds before meals three times a day. After this, you need to take a month break and repeat the course.
11. Tincture of clover. It allows you to quickly get rid of tinnitus. It takes up to half to fill the glass vessel with flowers and pour them to the top with alcohol or vodka. Insisted remedy for 14 days in a dark place. The fluid is shaken periodically. After this, the medicine should be filtered and consumed in 20 drops for 60-90 days.
12. Picking herbs. It is necessary to connect 1 tbsp. l dried herbs of mint, clover, clover. Further, another 60 g of sage and hawthorn are added to this mixture. It is required to fill in 2 tbsp. l Collect 500 ml of boiling water and drink half a glass up to 4 times a day 30 minutes before meals. It is desirable that the liquid is warm.
13. Young shoots of pine. A medicine based on them helps to improve blood circulation, microcirculation in the brain tissues. Also, pine strengthens the vascular walls, stabilizes blood pressure, improves the general condition of the patient. To prepare the medicine, 25 shoots are taken, which are filled with 1.5 liters of boiling water. Next, the composition must be covered and insisted for 3 hours. If the plant has not softened, then it will additionally have to be boiled over low heat. Next, 1 kg of granulated sugar and 3-4 pre-ground lemon are poured into the liquid. The resulting mixture is brought to a boil. Next, the medicine must be cooled and eaten for 1 tbsp. l before all meals.
14. Alfalfa infusion. For its preparation, seeds are taken. 1 tsp required pour 100 ml of a little chilled boiled liquid. You must take the medicine 30 minutes before eating. It should be taken three times a day. The course of therapy lasts 9 months. After this, a break for 30 days is made and the treatment is repeated again. This tool helps to improve memory.
15. Valerian. To prepare a medicinal infusion, 10 g of dry and ground root is required to steam 200 ml of boiling water. Additionally, the mixture must be boiled in a water bath for half an hour. Further, it should be insisted for 2 hours, previously wrapped in a warm cloth. After filtering, the medicine is stored in the refrigerator. Take it should be 1 tbsp. l three times a day.
16. Picking herbs. The dried grass of chamomile, St. John's wort, yarrow, immortelle and birch buds must be mixed in equal proportions. Further, 1 tbsp. l the composition is steamed with 0.5 l of boiling water. Insisting takes 30 minutes. It is recommended to drink the medicine twice a day on an empty stomach in 1 glass.
17. A decoction of hazel. It is necessary to take it for 2 tsp. three times a day. It strengthens blood vessels, improves blood circulation.
18. Grass Leuzea. It is required to fill in 1 tsp. plants 1 liter of boiled water and let it infuse for several hours. Drink the broth three times a day for half a glass. Such a medicine has a positive effect on peripheral vessels.
19. Chinese lemongrass. A patient with an IRR needs to take it 1 berry three times a day.
20. Bay leaf and celandine. For cooking, you need 2 sheets, 1 tbsp. l dried herbs, as well as half a glass of oil (olive). All components must be mixed and infused for 4 days away from heat and sunlight. Then the liquid is poured into an opaque dish and filtered. A means for rubbing into the temporal region when a spasm or headache occurs is used. The procedure lasts 2-3 minutes. After its completion, it is better to cover the head with a warm cloth, lie down and relax.
21. A mixture of oregano and celandine. Both components are taken in 1 tbsp. l The resulting composition is poured with boiling water and insisted away from light and heat for 3 hours. Further, it must be filtered and taken according to 2 tbsp. l up to 4 times a day. And you need to do this minutes before eating.

Drugs are not always required to treat symptoms of cerebral spasm. A light attack will help remove soda. It is necessary to dissolve 1 tsp. substances in a glass of water and drink in the morning on an empty stomach. The fluid should be warm. This method should not be used constantly. You can not use it for any diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, ulcer, osteochondrosis.

Physiotherapeutic treatment

With a spasm of the brain, medications do not always help. In this case, the patient is prescribed physiotherapeutic procedures. They enhance the effect of drugs, cope with pathology faster, have a positive effect on the health of the body in general. The following procedures may be prescribed to the patient:

1. Percutaneous electroneurostimulation.This procedure provides a local effect of currents of different frequencies on the nervous system. At the same time, the functionality of the brain improves, blood circulation in its tissues is activated.
2. Ultraphonophoresis. Here, ultrasound treatment of the affected areas with the simultaneous administration of drugs is used. So medications for spasm of cerebral vessels are faster and more effective.
3. Low frequency magnetic radiation. Using this procedure, blood circulation is also activated, the conductivity of nerve impulses improves, blood vessels become stronger and their tone is stabilized.
4. Laser Therapy It can be used as an independent type of treatment or in combination with other procedures. This method facilitates the delivery of drugs to the lesion site.

To relieve spasm of the brain vessels with pills, you need to consult a doctor. From non-traditional methods, one can also single out the positive effect of therapeutic mud.

Other treatments

Since a spasm of the brain of a small severity can be removed at home, you only need to know what methods can be used in this case:

Compliance with a healthy lifestyle will avoid headache attacks caused by vasospasm. However, it is better to eliminate the very cause of the pathology.

What is the pathology dangerous?

Treatment of cerebral spasm is necessary. The fact is that a change in the tone of blood vessels is a natural physiological process, but if the mechanism gets out of control, complications may occur.

If the vessels narrow too much, the blood is unable to circulate normally. The brain does not receive normal nutrition. In this case, the functionality of the organ is significantly reduced, the general condition worsens.

A negative consequence of the pathology of the chronic type is that the vessels are constantly under increased load. Over time, their walls become thinner. With increased pressure, there is a risk of developing aneurysm, rupture of blood vessels, stroke. Such pathologies often cause disability or death.

Forecast and Prevention

Treatment of symptoms of cerebral vasospasm with pills is effective only if the cause of the pathological condition is clear and the patient is examined on time. A mild form of the disease in 75% of cases does not cause serious complications or impaired organ functionality. It is easy to cope with it using available antispasmodics. In other patients, cramps either go away on their own within a short time, or are not amenable to therapy.

Severe health problems cause spasm in 5% of patients. To avoid the appearance of a pathology or its relapse, it is necessary to observe the following preventative measures:

• Eat properly. The menu should be rational and contain all the necessary vitamins, minerals. Fatty, spicy foods, convenience foods and canned foods are excluded from it.
• Drink plenty of fluids per day.
• Try not to get into stressful situations.
• Sleep 8 hours at night. It is also necessary to periodically do daytime respite, try not to overwork physically or psychologically.
• Refuse alcohol and smoking. Nicotine and alcohol contribute to vasoconstriction, so the risk of spasm increases.
• Do not forget about physical activity. But it should not be excessive. The patient is recommended feasible exercises, cycling, swimming.
• Keep body weight within normal limits. In obese people, vessels wear out much faster.

A cerebrovascular spasm is not a simple disease that requires medical supervision. If a person can cope with a small attack on their own at home, then a serious narrowing of the lumen is fraught with a stroke and even death. In the presence of frequent headaches or other symptoms, you should definitely consult a doctor to find out the cause of the pathological condition and relieve spasm of the brain.