Be vigilant: If these signals appear in the body, the carotid artery may have been blocked

The carotid artery is a very important arterial vessel in the body. Simply put, the carotid artery is the traffic fortress for the human heart to supply blood to the brain! Once this traffic fortress is blocked, the blood supply to our brains will be directly affected!

According to relevant statistical data, 30% of adults have carotid artery stenosis, and most people gradually develop carotid artery plaques from adolescents, and gradually aggravate after the age of 40, and almost all of them after the age of 60 People more or less will appear carotid artery plaque.

On the one hand, carotid artery blockage can be divided into degrees, mainly divided into mild blockage, severe blockage, or complete blockage; it can also be divided into acute blockage and chronic blockage.

Depending on the degree of blockage and the time of blockage, the performance of the body will also be different.

1. Symptoms caused by carotid artery stenosis:

A. Symptoms of cerebral ischemia: dizziness, dizziness, tinnitus, memory loss, blurred vision or insomnia and dreaminess.

B. Symptoms of ocular ischemia: vision loss, hemianopia or black hole.

C. Onset of transient ischemia: transient aphasia, hemiplegia, and hemianopia, etc., generally last for a few minutes. Most patients can recover on their own within 1-2 hours, and a few patients will recover within 24 hours. Recovery without sequelae.

In fact, the carotid artery has a certain connection with the beating of the heart, and plaque in the carotid artery may cause its own arrhythmia.

2. Acute blockage:

If the carotid artery is acutely occluded in a short period of time, other blood vessels are suddenly blocked without any response, and the collateral circulation cannot provide a relatively sufficient blood supply to the blood supply area in a short period of time.

The patient's symptoms will also be very serious, and various manifestations of cerebral infarction may appear, such as: aphasia, hemiplegia, hemiplegia and other related states or even death.

3. Chronic blockage:

If it is a patient with gradual and long-term chronic occlusion, the symptoms are likely to be relatively mild, or even have no obvious symptoms.

Because the blood vessels in our brain are very rich, and there are extensive connections between blood vessels, even if this blood vessel is blocked, other blood vessels in the body can also supply blood, and other blood vessels will gradually replace the original blood supply vessels, maintained by collateral circulation The body's blood supply, so sometimes there are no symptoms.

So, is it really impossible to recover from the symptoms caused by carotid artery blockage?

1. The most important cause of cerebral infarction is actually the interruption of blood flow. If the blood supply is restored in time, the clinical symptoms will be relatively mild and the sequelae will be easier to return to a normal state.

However, due to various reasons, cerebral infarction often cannot be cured within a short period of time. Therefore, it is very important for us to prevent cerebral infarction and carotid artery blockage!

2. The development of medicine, from simple treatment to prevention of related diseases, is also a process of continuous cognition of diseases and medical development. Only when we have a correct understanding of the disease and are familiar with its every move, can we better treat and prevent it.

It's like fighting a war. Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you be victorious in a hundred battles, and then you can calmly take relevant measures and deal with them in advance. The same is true for diseases.

Decisions about how to treat carotid artery stenosis cannot be based on associated symptoms:

Because many people have no symptoms, but the carotid artery stenosis is already very serious; and some people have already experienced insufficient blood supply to the brain, and the stenosis may not be very serious, so judging how to treat the carotid artery needs to be carried out comprehensively measure.

1. Stable non-vulnerable plaque:

The surface of the plaque is relatively smooth, and the shape is relatively regular; ultrasonography suggests that isoechoic or hyperechoic plaques belong to unstable plaques.

If the stenosis is less than 50%, then according to your own blood pressure, blood lipids, blood sugar and other related conditions, you can control your own three highs and live a healthy life; there is no need to directly treat carotid plaque with medication for the time being.

2. Unstable vulnerable plaque:

The surface of the plaque is not smooth and irregular in shape; ultrasonography shows that hypoechoic or anechoic plaques are stable plaques. Long-term use of statins to stabilize plaque, prevent plaque rupture, and prevent blood clots;

At the same time, you need to take aspirin to prevent platelet aggregation and prevent thrombosis. Take a two-pronged approach to prevent the aggravation of plaque and the occurrence of cerebral infarction.

3. Severe plaques require surgical treatment:

Symptomatic carotid stenosis, ultrasonographic stenosis ≥ 70% or angiographic stenosis ≥ 50%;

Or asymptomatic but with angiographic stenosis ≥70%.

Carotid artery plaque stripping is required, which is actually a surgical operation to cut the blood vessel, remove the plaque, and suture the blood vessel; or perform stent implantation to support the stenosis.

But regardless of whether surgery or not requires long-term aspirin and statins and long-term control of the three highs, long-term healthy lifestyle.

All in all, a blocked carotid artery is a very scary thing, but we can avoid this from happening before the body's blood vessels are blocked, and take relevant preventive measures in a targeted manner.

Preventing problems before they happen and treating diseases before they happen can not only reduce your own suffering, but also reduce the burden of medical expenses on the family, society and the country. Everyone should make joint efforts in this regard.