Liu Jingli, a 38-year-old business backbone of the company, was hospitalized with a sudden cerebral infarction last week, which shocked many leaders and colleagues of the company. Colleagues who worked with Liu Jingli recalled that in the past week, Liu, who had clear thinking, quick speech and flexible mind, suddenly became unable to express himself; Subordinates report to him, and he always makes them explain repeatedly, complaining that colleagues have not made things clear; I don't feel as happy as I used to when I asked him to sign the papers. Colleagues thought that Lao Liu was too tired and didn't think too much.

Looking back now, these abnormal manifestations before Liu Jingli 1 week are probably the precursors of cerebral infarction. Many younger patients with cerebral infarction will have problems such as language expression disorder, decreased understanding ability and frequent mistakes in writing before onset. Lao Liu is a guy who doesn't care about alcohol and tobacco. He smokes 1 pack of cigarettes every day on average, and drinks more than half a catty at a time. When he was admitted to the hospital, he also found that his fasting blood glucose was as high as 8.3mmol/L and his total cholesterol was as high as 8.53 mmol/L. According to the doctor's analysis, these may be the reasons for Lao Liu's acute ischemic stroke.

Cerebral infarction, medically known as ischemic stroke, is mainly caused by atherosclerotic plaque and cerebral thrombosis. Both diseases will lead to the interruption of blood supply to the brain, which in turn will lead to the necrosis of brain cells due to ischemia. Patients will have serious health problems such as hemiplegia, mouth-eye deviation, mobility inconvenience, aphasia, blindness, etc., and untimely rescue will also lead to death. According to statistics, cerebrovascular diseases account for the first number of disease deaths in China. This shows that cerebrovascular diseases, including cerebral infarction, have brought great losses to our society, families and individuals.

According to the summary of the World Health Organization (WTO), the main risk factors of stroke are 10, and the order from high to low is: hypertension, smoking, obesity and waist-hip ratio, high-calorie eating habits, lack of physical exercise or manual labor, diabetes, drinking, mental stress, depression, heart disease and hyperlipidemia. This ranking is not too surprising, because the formation of atherosclerotic plaque and cerebral thrombosis are closely related to the chronic inflammatory injury of arterial endothelium, and these factors are the most common reasons for hurting our vascular health.

In view of this, cardiovascular experts suggest that to prevent the occurrence of cerebral infarction, we must start from improving our diet and living habits:

For healthy people, the reasonable blood pressure should be below 140/90 mmHg, preferably below 120/80 mmHg. The index of glycosylated hemoglobin should be controlled below 6.5%. The index of low density lipoprotein should be kept below 3.4mmol/L; For those patients with a history of cardiovascular disease, these indicators need to be more strictly controlled, so we must take corresponding drugs according to the doctor's advice to control these indicators.

2. Eat a healthy diet, exercise more, and control your weight and waist circumference.

Healthy diet refers to the eating habits of low salt, low fat, low sugar, high quality protein and rich dietary fiber, vitamins and minerals. Can refer to the "Mediterranean diet" food structure to adjust; Intensive exercise refers to outdoor aerobic exercise for at least 30 minutes every day and at least 5 days every week. The intensity of exercise should be limited to the extent that breathing and heart rate increase to what you can bear; The purpose of diet and exercise is to control your weight and waistline. The ideal body mass index of East Asians is between 19.5-23, and the waist circumference of men should be below 90cm and that of women should be below 80cm.

Step 3 quit smoking and drinking

Tobacco and alcohol are the chief culprits of chronic inflammatory injury of blood vessels; The incidence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases in smokers and drinkers is several times that of others; Needless to say, quitting smoking and drinking is the greatest care for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases;

4. Relieve mental stress and reduce the influence of bad emotions.

In modern society, it is difficult for people to get rid of the influence of depression, anxiety and emotional tension, and taking drugs and psychotherapy can only temporarily alleviate it. A large number of studies have confirmed that active participation in social activities and physical exercise is an ideal measure to solve mental and psychological problems;

5. Actively treat other cardiovascular diseases.

According to statistics, more than 30% of cerebral infarction cases are caused by cardiogenic diseases. Patients with coronary heart disease, angina pectoris, myocardial infarction, atrial fibrillation, arrhythmia and cardiomyopathy have several times the probability of cerebral infarction. For these people, active treatment of various heart diseases is also an important measure to prevent cerebral infarction.