Cerebral infarction is a kind of cerebrovascular disease, which is caused by cerebral atherosclerosis and vascular intima injury, and then local thrombosis is formed due to various factors, which aggravates or completely occludes arterial stenosis, leading to ischemia, hypoxia, brain tissue necrosis and neurological dysfunction. The main factors of cerebral infarction in the elderly are hypertension, coronary heart disease, diabetes, overweight, hyperlipidemia and eating fat. Many patients have family history. It is more common in middle-aged and elderly people aged 45 ~ 70.
Cerebral infarction is a disease caused by cerebral blood circulation and arterial stenosis. This kind of disease should pay more attention to eating light food, and eat more foods beneficial to cerebral blood vessels to improve the condition.
What do the elderly eat to treat cerebral infarction?
1, fruit rich in vitamins
Old people with cerebral infarction should eat more fruits rich in vitamins and dietary fiber, such as papaya, which contains more than 17 kinds of amino acids and various nutrients, which can soften blood vessels. Strawberry is rich in vitamins and pectin, which has high clinical value in preventing and treating atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease and cerebral hemorrhage, and also has certain curative effect on hypertension. It contains more than 17 kinds of amino acids, pectin, tannic acid, citric acid and flavonoids, and contains a variety of trace elements and vitamins, especially rich in Vc and selenium, which can lower blood pressure and blood lipid after long-term consumption. Kiwi fruit juice treats hypertension, angina pectoris and arrhythmia, and prevents ischemic cerebrovascular disease and cerebral arteriosclerosis. In addition, among fruits, citrus contains the highest antioxidant components, which can prevent thrombosis. Regular consumption can prevent cardiovascular diseases.
2. Foods rich in dietary fiber
Eat more foods rich in cellulose, such as celery and coarse grains, to increase gastrointestinal peristalsis and prevent dry stool. Constipation patients should drink more water, which can improve defecation and avoid urinary system pollution because of the increase of urine. Yes It is very unfavorable for patients who are afraid of urine and inconvenient to drink water. Such as fungus, celery, wax gourd, bitter gourd, banana, apple, corn, millet, purple rice, sorghum and peanuts, the elderly can eat more appropriately.
3. Complement protein appropriately.
Old people with cerebral infarction should pay attention to properly supplement some protein in their diet, especially to eat more high-quality protein, such as milk, chickens and ducks (preferably wild chai chicken), fish, eggs (egg yolk should be eaten less), bean products, and eat less pigs, cattle and mutton, and lean meat is better.
4. Reduce the intake of lipids and cholesterol.
Cerebral infarction in the elderly may be caused by too much cholesterol accumulated in blood vessels, which leads to blood vessel blockage and poor blood flow. Therefore, attention should be paid to reducing the intake of lipids and cholesterol in the usual diet. Eat less or don't eat animal fat and viscera, such as fat, fat sausage and fat belly, because these foods contain high cholesterol and saturated fatty acids, which is easy to aggravate arteriosclerosis.
5, the diet should be light
The elderly with cerebral infarction should pay more attention to a light diet, and too much salt will increase the burden on the body. You should avoid eating too salty, and it is best not to eat pickles. Eating too salty is easy to cause high blood pressure. Usually, you should eat more light, soft foods rich in dietary fiber, and should use cooking methods such as steaming, stewing, boiling, frying, stir-frying and warm mixing, rather than frying, frying and baking.
6, appropriate water supplement
Water is the source of life, and the human body is 70% water. Old people with cerebral infarction should drink more boiled water, drink a cup of boiled water about half an hour after waking up before going to bed, and replenish water in time before going to bed and just getting up to relieve fatigue during sleep. Drink water on an empty stomach before meals. When the water stays in the stomach for only 2 or 3 minutes, it can quickly enter the small intestine and be absorbed into the blood. It can be replenished to the tissues and cells of the whole body in about an hour to supply the water demand in the body. Therefore, drinking water before meals can ensure the necessary and sufficient secretion of digestive juice, thus promoting appetite and helping the human body to digest and absorb, while not affecting the physiological water content in tissues and cells.
Matters needing attention in elderly patients with cerebral infarction
Matters needing attention in patients with cerebral infarction
1, pay attention to avoid interrupting drug treatment.
The pathological basis of cerebral infarction is cerebral atherosclerosis. Even after the symptoms subside, the cerebral arteriosclerosis plaque does not subside, and cerebral infarction may still form again.
2. Precautions for patients with cerebral infarction should also pay attention to avoiding excessive hypotension.
Excessive hypotension is an important cause of cerebral infarction. Therefore, antihypertensive drugs must be used correctly. In the process of medication, we should insist on measuring blood pressure regularly, adjust the dose, and never increase the dose by ourselves.
3. Avoid overwork or poor rest.
Overwork or poor rest can easily lead to blood pressure fluctuation or hemodynamic changes, which can easily lead to the formation of cerebral infarction.
4. Avoid irregular life
Truth, like overwork, is one of the reasons for the recurrence of cerebral infarction.
5. Avoid smoking and drinking.
Nicotine in smoke can damage the intima of blood vessels, which can make small blood vessels contract and narrow the lumen, so it is easy to form thrombus. Smoke contains a lot of toxic substances such as nicotine, and dependence on these substances will directly lead to cerebral infarction, while drinking alcohol will lead to a lot of alcohol in the blood, which will lead to cerebral infarction.
6. Maintain emotional stability
Maintain emotional stability. Emotional stress can cause vasospasm, sudden increase of blood pressure and thickening of blood, thus affecting the normal blood circulation of human body and inducing thrombosis or blood vessel rupture. And a healthy mentality is more conducive to the recovery of cerebral thrombosis.
7, appropriate to participate in physical exercise.
Such as jogging, walking, aerobics, Tai Ji Chuan and other physical exercises can increase high-density lipoprotein in the blood, which plays an extremely important role in the prevention and treatment of atherosclerosis. Attention should be paid to prevent accidents during physical exercise, such as wrestling, fracture and sprain. The time and degree of exercise should be based on not feeling tired.