What is moyamoya disease? What are its early symptoms, reminder: these three hazards should not be underestimated
I believe that many people have never heard of moyamoya disease. Moyamoya disease is actually a type of cerebrovascular disease. It is called "moyamoya disease" because the vascular network on the cerebral angiography images of patients with moyamoya disease resembles "smog". So, how much do you know about moyamoya disease? What are the early symptoms of moyamoya disease? What are the dangers of moyamoya disease? Let me introduce to you.
The early symptoms of moyamoya disease
Symptom 1: Epilepsy
Some patients with moyamoya disease have epileptic seizures, which can be partial or generalized.
Symptom 2: Headache
Most patients with moyamoya disease will be accompanied by severe headache. At present, the specific cause of the headache cannot be determined clinically. It is very likely that the blood vessels in the brain begin to occlude gradually, which will cause vascular lesions of the extracranial system and increase the incidence of extracranial blood vessels. Stress, causing headaches.
Symptom 3: Decreased intelligence
There will be different degrees of hemorrhage in the brain of patients with moyamoya disease. Intracerebral hemorrhage may affect people's brains. Therefore, patients with moyamoya disease will experience mental decline, and the specific degree of decline is related to the degree of cerebral ischemia. Severe patients, the more serious the decline in intelligence. Some people with infarct cerebral hemorrhage may even experience symptoms such as permanent paralysis, visual impairment, and aphasia.
Second, the three hazards of moyamoya disease
Hazard 1: Affecting normal life
The significant harm of moyamoya disease is that it affects the normal life of patients, because the epilepsy of patients with moyamoya disease does not have a fixed time, and its seizures anytime and anywhere make the patient unable to work and live normally, and even affect the normal social interaction of the patient. And some patients with severe symptoms will have a decline in intelligence, and may lose their normal self-care ability to a certain extent, not to mention patients with permanent paralysis.
Hazard two: causing mental trauma
Because the specific cause of moyamoya disease has not been found out clinically, and there is no effective drug for the treatment of moyamoya disease, many patients are difficult to get good treatment after the disease, and they are prone to anxiety, anxiety and even depression over time. These emotions are serious It endangers the patient's psychological condition, and some patients with a long medical history may even have symptoms such as taciturnity, impulsive anger, and withdrawn personality. It can be seen that moyamoya disease will cause a certain degree of mental trauma to patients, making their behavior strange.
Hazard 3: Threats to the patient's life
The onset of moyamoya disease will affect the patient's normal breathing, pulse and blood pressure, etc. Poor breathing will affect the oxygen supply in the patient's body, resulting in damage to the patient's tissues and organs. Moreover, moyamoya disease can also cause other complications in the body, including renal artery stenosis, hypertension, cerebral vascular malformation, and intracranial aneurysm, etc. These diseases seriously threaten the health of patients and make patients face greater death. risk.
Finally, although moyamoya disease is a very complex disease, patients should not give up on themselves because of it, and must actively and optimistically cooperate with doctors for treatment. In addition, patients with moyamoya disease should take good care of their bodies on weekdays, eat more fresh fruits and vegetables, and supplement their bodies with sufficient vitamins. At the same time, they should develop the good habit of drinking more water and exercise properly every day, which can enhance their own health. Physical fitness and immunity are conducive to the improvement of the disease.