How can older people prevent stroke?
Elderly people should prevent stroke from the following aspects. First, it is necessary to insist on annual physical examination. Physical examination will help analyze various blood indicators, including X-rays and CT films, to understand the present state. If the physical exams can be kept up with, an annual physical is necessary. It is also important to monitor blood pressure to recognize whether it is high or low blood pressure. One should not assume that high blood pressure carries the risk of cerebrovascular disease and low blood pressure does not; this is a radical view. Many patients with low blood pressure will also suffer from cerebrovascular disease, which is a warning to everyone. Thirdly, it is important to adhere to a regular normal life and a correct lifestyle rather than a more negative one. For example, long-term sitting, in the great heat, find a shady place, that small bench, a sitting is a day, or sitting on the sofa to watch TV, which are all belong to the bad habits of life. So it is necessary to choose a lifestyle that suits you and exercise. At the same time, the elderly should abstain from smoking and drinking, and if they have the habit of smoking, they must find a time to quit smoking. If you have the habit of drinking alcohol every day, the elderly need to reduce the amount of alcohol, until no longer drink alcohol, which is good for the body. Furthermore, it is to maintain a happy mood, the elderly sometimes because of some trivial family matters, or because of some minor illnesses, physical discomfort, will produce emotional depression or depression, which will affect the physical and mental health, but also on the cerebrovascular and cardiac blood supply will have some adverse effects. So it is recommended that we must keep a happy mood, try to do some recreational activities. Such as jumping elderly exercise, square dance, or often chat with old friends, take a walk, in order to improve the state of mind, the prevention of cerebrovascular disease also has a very good help.