Cerebral atherosclerosis is a condition manifested by a progressive and widespread disorder of various brain functions, due to insufficiency of cerebral circulation. Due to the presence of this pathology, cerebral vessels are one of the main risk factors for the development and progression of circulatory disorders in the brain, therefore the prevention of cerebral atherosclerosis is, first of all, the primary prevention of stroke.
Symptoms of Cerebral Atherosclerosis
Despite the fact that cerebral atherosclerosis is an age-related pathology (A. Ya. Mints, 1970), its clinical manifestations can be observed in people of any age. The initial manifestations of the cerebral atherosclerotic process in elderly or middle-aged people are often not diagnosed. Patients' complaints in this period are typical of reduced working capacity, frequent fatigue, poor memory, especially current events, poor sleep, mood variability, irritability, cowardice, hypochondriacal, depressive and phobic phenomena.
Important features of asthenic syndrome in patients with atherosclerotic encephalopathy are its dynamism, the dependence of the difference in its symptoms on a number of factors, including: fatigue, lack of sleep, etc. Neurasthenic syndrome in cerebral atherosclerosis of the initial stages, as a rule, is accompanied by organic neurological microsymptomatics, namely: weakening of the convergence of the eyeballs, the formation of subclinical insufficiency of the cranial nerves, the appearance of light pyramidal, extrapyramidal symptoms, mild statically dynamic disorders, disorders of autonomic regulation. In the future, the disease, cerebral atherosclerosis, the symptoms of which "develop" into other more massive disorders (focal and diffuse neurological and psychopathological disorders), is very difficult to completely cure.
The signs, previously dynamic, appeared only under certain unfavorable conditions and, of course, were relatively easily compensated, becoming more stable, stable, and constantly present in the clinical picture of the disease. A significant evolution is made by emotional disturbances in the direction of predominance, which is expressed by cowardice. The development of dysphoria in a complicated organic form is reflected in the human reaction.
Cerebral atherosclerosis - treatment
To cure cerebral atherosclerosis, you must adhere to the diet recommended by your doctor. Exclude foods containing large amounts of cholesterol from the diet or consume them a little. If the stage of the disease is early, and the size of the sclerotic plaque is small, then cerebral atherosclerosis can be cured by supporting a healthy lifestyle. It is necessary to give up smoking and alcohol, do daily exercises, give mental stress, eat as much plant food as possible, and most importantly - be at rest. Within a month, it is recommended to take drugs that lower blood cholesterol. If the disease is in the middle stage, then it is necessary to take drugs that increase the speed of blood flow in the body. In addition to these medicines, medicines are taken to prevent blood clots from forming in the vessels. At the discretion of the doctor, special physical exercises and procedures are prescribed.
When the disease is at the last stage, the only way out for safe treatment is surgery to remove plaque from the vessel. It is best to undergo an examination when the first signs of the disease appear, then it will not be difficult to cure cerebral atherosclerosis.