1, bad habits lead to brain atrophy
What is brain atrophy?
Director Bao Yanchun said that brain atrophy is a common and frequently-occurring disease in middle-aged and elderly people, and the incidence rate is rising every year. There are many reasons for atrophy. The main pathogenic factors are long-term chronic cerebral ischemia, insufficient effective blood perfusion of microvascular, chronic ischemia and hypoxia of brain tissue, and the shape and function of brain cells are affected, that is, brain atrophy is formed. Pathological changes showed that the gyrus was flattened, the sulcus was widened, the cistern of ventricle was enlarged and the weight of brain was reduced. Mostly cerebral cortex atrophy. Due to the different location and scope of atrophy, it can be divided into localized and diffuse brain atrophy, brain, cerebellum, olive body and pons atrophy, cortex and central atrophy.
Clinical manifestations of brain atrophy
The clinical manifestations of brain atrophy can be divided into two categories: brain function decline and cognitive function decline, which are mainly related to the location and degree of brain atrophy. Diffuse cerebral cortical atrophy is mainly caused by dementia, mental retardation, memory disorder, personality change and behavior disorder. Some are accompanied by hemiplegia and seizures. Focal brain atrophy is mainly characterized by personality and behavior changes; Cerebellar atrophy is mainly caused by language disorder, limb ataxia and intentional tremor.
1. Systemic symptoms
At the beginning of the disease, patients often have dizziness, headache, insomnia and dreaminess, soreness of waist and knees, numbness of hands and feet, tinnitus and deafness, and gradually become unresponsive, slow-moving, mumbling and answering irrelevant questions. Physically, it is often manifested as aging, whitening teeth, dry skin, pigmentation, hemiplegia, epilepsy, ataxia, tremor and so on. Neurological symptoms may or may not exist.
2. Memory disorder
Recently, memory defects occurred earlier, such as often losing things and forgetting promised things. With the development of my illness, I gradually lost my memory.
3. Changes in personality and behavior
Personality change is often the early symptom of this disease, and patients become depressed and do not like to associate with others; Or show no ideal, no desire, and no affection for children and relatives; Or life habits are rigid and weird, irritable, talkative or repetitive, suspicious and selfish; Or pay special attention to their own health and safety, often entangled in some minor discomfort; Or manifested as amnesia or mania, as well as fantasy, hallucination, auditory hallucination, aphasia and agnosia. The patients' sense of shame, sense of responsibility, sense of honor, sense of morality and other high-level emotional activities have declined to varying degrees, and the sleep rhythm can also change.
4. Mental retardation and dementia
It is manifested in the overall decline of intellectual activities such as understanding, judgment and calculation ability, which makes it difficult to adapt to social life and be competent for work and housework; Gradually, I couldn't answer my name and age, I didn't know if I was hungry, and I didn't know how to get home after going out. Collecting waste paper and sundries is regarded as a treasure. In the late stage of illness, I stayed in bed all day, unable to take care of myself, not intimate, incontinent, slurred speech, slurred speech, incoherent speech, and finally completely demented.
What factors lead to brain atrophy
Brain atrophy is caused by many factors. Heredity, brain trauma, stroke, encephalitis, meningitis, cerebral vascular malformation, brain tumor, long-term seizure of epilepsy, excessive smoking and drinking, malnutrition, thyroid dysfunction, gas poisoning, alcoholism, cerebral arteriosclerosis, cerebral ischemia and hypoxia can all cause brain parenchyma destruction and atrophy, deformation and disappearance of nerve cells. Clinically, hypertension, dyslipidemia and cerebral arteriosclerosis are important risk factors for brain atrophy in the elderly.
What daily habits can lead to brain atrophy?
① Frequent business trips and jet lag: Being in jet lag for a long time will stimulate people's brains and produce some brain hormones, leading to brain atrophy.
2 Regular drinkers: Drinking may affect brain metabolism, and the speed of brain atrophy caused by drinking is faster than people thought before.
③ People who work under high pressure for a long time: Stress has a negative impact on health, such as hypertension and heart disease.
People who live a single life and lack fun. If you can't adjust your lifestyle in a short time after retirement, the left and right brain movements will be insufficient, which will easily lead to brain atrophy.
5 people with unscientific diet. The high incidence of brain atrophy is middle-aged and elderly people, and their physical condition has been declining, so diet is in urgent need of attention.
Director Bao Yanchun refuted a question that everyone is very concerned about. Skipping breakfast for a long time will lead to brain atrophy. Not eating breakfast for a long time will bring the lack of sugar to the human body, which will lead to hypoglycemia. At present, there are no medical arguments and precedents to prove that skipping breakfast for a long time will directly lead to brain atrophy.
Treatment of brain atrophy
If the symptoms related to brain atrophy are detected, how should they be treated? Director Bao Yanchun introduced that the current treatment principle of brain atrophy is to remove the cause; Activate the metabolic function of the brain and indirectly inhibit the progress of the disease; Activate brain cells in a state of inhibition and deep sleep; Reduce the occurrence of various symptoms and complications caused by brain atrophy; Maintain residual brain function and improve quality of life.
1. Symptomatic treatment
Symptomatic treatment is mainly used for brain atrophy, and related drugs are used according to different symptoms of brain atrophy.
2. Chinese medicine treatment
"Drug-oxygen acupuncture and suppository therapy" is an organic combination of traditional Chinese medicine, oxygen and acupuncture, which can be treated at the same time and play a synergistic role. Traditional Chinese medicine is atomized under the action of oxygen power, absorbed by nasal mucosa and lung mucosa, enters the blood circulation, quickly penetrates the blood-brain barrier, and directly acts on brain microvessels and nerve cells. At the same time, according to the principle of biological information feedback, modern neuroanatomy, China meridian acupuncture medicine, and referring to the location diagnosis of modern medical detection such as CT and MRI, acupuncture was performed on scalp and limbs corresponding to cerebral embolism area.
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The invention organically combines drugs, oxygen and acupuncture, improves the ischemic and anoxic state of the brain of patients with cerebrovascular diseases, regulates the functions of sympathetic nerves and parasympathetic nerves, promotes the establishment of collateral circulation of cerebrovascular diseases and enhances the functional metabolism of brain nerve tissue cells.
3. Minimally invasive intra-arterial drug perfusion therapy.
Using minimally invasive interventional technology and DSA digital imaging technology, ultra-micro catheter was selected to enter the cerebral artery through femoral artery. Drugs that dilate blood vessels, nourish and activate brain cells are accurately injected into the focus, so that the atrophic brain cells can increase blood supply and support, realize the repair ability of cells, promote the metabolism of brain cells and restore the neurological function of brain tissues.
4. Rehabilitation treatment
Rehabilitation therapy is of great significance to patients with brain atrophy, especially after cognitive and motor dysfunction, which is of great value to functional recovery.
Step 5 treat as soon as possible
Early treatment should be within 6 months after the emergence of various dysfunction, when the treatment recovery is the best. The recovery degree and speed of patients who started treatment after 6 months were worse than those who started early treatment.
How to prevent brain atrophy in life?
Brain atrophy is a kind of brain disease that middle-aged and elderly people are prone to, with high incidence and great harm, which often leads to memory loss, dementia, mental retardation, dizziness, numbness of hands and feet and other symptoms. And serious illness will cause patients to be unable to take care of themselves in their daily lives. Therefore, it is very important to prevent brain atrophy in life. Next, Director Bao Yanchun brings us knowledge about the prevention of brain atrophy.
1, adjust the spirit and abstain from sex.
Maintain a cheerful and optimistic mood, avoid excessive mental stress and excessive thinking, be sober, calm, empty, quiet, self-sustaining, open-minded, open-minded, not haggle over every ounce, not greedy, and maintain a quiet and peaceful mentality, especially for middle-aged and elderly people.
2. Make clear the cause and prevent diseases.
For those with clear etiology, prevention should be carried out according to the etiology and the pathogenic factors should be eliminated as soon as possible. For example, actively prevent cerebrovascular diseases, prevent or delay cerebral arteriosclerosis as much as possible (cerebral arteriosclerosis is a part of systemic arteriosclerosis, and it is also the main pathogenesis basis of acute cerebral blood circulation, especially cerebral ischemic attack, and it is the floorboard of cerebral arterial wall degeneration and sclerosis caused by various factors. ) the occurrence; Infectious diseases of the brain should be prevented, and those that have already occurred should be treated as soon as possible; Avoid excessive and long-term use of drugs harmful to brain tissue; Early resection of intracranial tumors; Prevent alcoholism and excessive drinking, and effectively prevent the occurrence of reversible brain atrophy. Brain tissue damage caused by trauma should be treated promptly and effectively.
3, balanced nutrition, less meat and more vegetables
Adjust the diet, the diet should be light and nutritious, eat less fat and greasy products, give priority to a high-protein and high-vitamin diet, eat more vegetables and fruits and iodine-containing foods, pay attention to balanced nutrition, ban alcohol and quit smoking, and develop good eating habits.
4, work and rest, moderate exercise
Avoid excessive fatigue, take part in some physical labor and physical exercise as much as possible, so as to enhance physical fitness, strengthen the body's disease resistance and get enough sleep and rest. At the same time, you can do some training like Tai Ji Chuan or Qigong every day to promote blood circulation and increase blood oxygen supply.
5. Listen, speak, read and write
Listen: Listen to the news broadcast more and keep your ears open;
Say: communicate with people more and keep your mouth open;
Reading: read a book every month to keep your eyes open;
Write: Practice calligraphy every day and keep your hands alert.
In this way, brain cells can get enough exercise every day to keep you away from brain atrophy. If you want to know more about the health information of brain atrophy, you can search for "Legal Evening News Health Lecture Hall" on the platform and watch the wonderful replay of the program. I wish all patients with brain atrophy can find suitable treatment, get effective treatment, recover as soon as possible and start a happy new life again!
Expert introduction:
Bao Yanchun, chief physician, expert of nervous system diseases in China, research member of nerve tissue repair and treatment project, is currently the director of nerve treatment center of Beijing Fengtai Yingbo Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, and has in-depth research on international biotherapy. Engaged in neurosurgery for 26 years, and worked in neurology department of 3A hospital for more than 3 years/kloc-0. He has rich clinical experience, summed up a lot of academic experience in clinical treatment of nervous system diseases in the past 26 years, and combined with professional theoretical knowledge, published more than 40 papers in well-known media at home and abroad. Director Bao Yanchun not only has superb medical skills and noble medical ethics, but also always treats patients as relatives. Because of superb medical skills and good medical ethics, it is well received by patients.
2. Life care of patients with brain atrophy
Strengthening nutrition and improving nutritional status are the nursing knowledge of brain atrophy. Good diet and patients' strong nutritional needs can not only effectively improve patients' symptoms, but also make patients feel happy. Brain atrophy is a disease in which brain cells are damaged and brain volume is reduced. Brain atrophy is also a common disease in the elderly. Experts pointed out that understanding the nursing knowledge of brain atrophy is very helpful for the treatment of diseases.
1. Enhance cognitive activities, and strive to restore previous life experiences and abilities.
2. Strengthen nutrition, improve nutritional status, and maintain a balanced diet and mental health;
3. Enhance the patient's sense of orientation. If the orientation disorder is serious, the nursing knowledge of brain atrophy reminds us to avoid going out alone;
4. Promoting language communication and assisting patients to increase interpersonal communication are the main nursing knowledge of brain atrophy. Such as participating in recreational activities and outdoor activities;
5. Safely keep dangerous goods, reduce the changes of indoor items, and ensure the safety of patients;