Hemorrhagic and ischemic strokes

The causes that cause a stroke may be different. These include high blood pressure, left ventricular hypertrophy of the heart and other diseases of the cardiovascular and nervous system, as well as smoking, alcohol abuse, high cholesterol in consumed foods, etc.

Distinguish between ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke.

Ischemic stroke

Appears in thrombosis and embolism of cerebral vessels, with worsening of cardiac activity, due to insufficient blood supply to various parts of the brain and may be accompanied by softening of areas of brain tissue, that is, cerebral infarction. Diseases are more likely to affect elderly and senile people, but cases of illness of people under 50 are also common.

The early stage of ischemic stroke is characterized by headaches, dizziness, tinnitus, decreased performance, vomiting, general malaise, memory impairment, numbness of the limbs, irritability, sleep disorders, anxiety and uncertainty, in some cases - epileptic seizures and loss of consciousness.

Initial manifestations of insufficient cerebral blood supply accompany such diseases as vegetative-vascular dystonia, atherosclerosis, arterial hypertension. Disturbances in the circulation of some parts of the cerebral artery can lead to the development of paresis of the muscles of the tongue, facial muscles and cause a violation of sensitivity.

The development of ischemic stroke is subacute, acute, graded and chronic.

Acute type of development is characterized by an instant manifestation of symptoms;At subacute development signs of a stroke increase within several hours or even days;With a stepped type, they develop spasmodically, with short( two to three days) intervals, gradual deterioration of the patient's condition, and in this case the stroke ends in two to three weeks;In chronic type of disease development, the symptoms manifest themselves with gradual increase, the stroke can develop for several weeks or months.

Most often, patients have an acute and subacute type of stroke. The chronic form is less common.

Hemorrhagic stroke

Hemorrhagic stroke is a brain hemorrhage that occurs as a result of a rupture of a pathologically altered blood vessel of the brain.

Arterial hypertension may be the cause of hemorrhagic stroke, sometimes in combination with atherosclerosis. The development of this form of stroke is possible against a background of pure hypertension. Arterial hypertension is characterized by hypertensive crises, which can lead to changes in intracerebral vessels, their rupture and hemorrhage.

There are three types of hemorrhage. The first type is a hemorrhage due to rupture of cerebral vessels at the site of their pathological changes, caused by a drop in blood pressure, often its sharp upsurge. Due to such hemorrhages, intracerebral hematomas are formed, which destroy the white matter of the hemispheres.

Hemorrhages of the second type are caused by the action on the vessel wall of enzymes and other active compounds formed in the lesion of the brain. In this case, small brain bruises appear in the brain substance, surrounded by softened tissues.

The third type - the so-called diapedesis hemorrhages, arising from ischemia of the vascular wall and increasing its permeability and leading to the formation of intracerebral hematomas and hemorrhagic impregnation of the brain substance.

Young people between the ages of twenty and thirty( most often healthy and strong men) are subject to a special kind of hemorrhagic strokes - spontaneous cerebral hematomas. Such hematomas are caused by a congenital defect of the vascular system - arterial-venous formations.

Preceding hemorrhagic stroke, usually headaches and epileptic seizures. The disease is usually caused by excessive physical exertion or severe emotional distress.

Treatment of heart attack, including using leeches

stroke is very high risk of death, therefore, great importance is given in a timely manner to provide first aid. The patient needs to put a cold compress on his head and a warm water bottle at his feet. During the next week he needs a doctor's supervision and complete rest. Doctor prescribes medication, which normalizes the cerebral blood flow, as well as antiarrhythmics, cardiac and coronary dilator agent.

When the acute phase passes and the patient's condition stabilizes, assigned spa treatment, physiotherapy and physical therapy. Balneotherapy, light therapy, acupuncture is also effective.

considerably improves patient feels after sessions girudoterapii: occur in the blood change in the positive direction, normal blood pressure, etc.

During one session can be planted two to four leeches to the mastoid behind each ear( along an imaginary line that runs one centimeter away from the ear).

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