Cerebral circulatory insufficiency is a disease in which the blood supply to the brain is insufficient, causing nerve cells to not have enough energy to function, affecting the structure, existence and functioning of the central nervous system. The disease is quite dangerous and can be easily confused with migraines, so equipping yourself with knowledge about this disease is the best way to prevent, detect and treat the disease promptly. Let’s learn an overview of cerebral circulatory insufficiency through this article. What is cerebral circulatory insufficiency?
Symptoms of cerebral circulatory insufficiency Causes and complications Treatment and prevention
What is cerebral circulatory insufficiency?
Anatomically, the brain is supplied by two main arterial sources: the carotid artery system in the front, which is responsible for controlling most of the cerebral hemispheres, and the vertebral artery system in the back. In normal people, the blood flow to the brain is 55ml of blood/100g of brain/minute. When the blood flow to the brain is too low, below 20ml/100g of brain/minute, it causes cerebral ischemia, causing cerebral circulatory insufficiency. Nowadays, with great pressure from work, life, along with unhealthy eating and living habits and chronic diseases such as high blood pressure, hyperlipidemia, overweight, obesity, alcoholism, smoking… are causing this disease to increase.
Symptoms of cerebral circulatory insufficiency
In the early stages, the symptoms of the disease often appear transiently, then progress and recur more often. These symptoms include: Headache: this is the earliest and most common manifestation. The patient will feel a headache, pain in the back of the neck, occipital region, a feeling of heaviness in the head and back of the neck, uncomfortable pain, just want to squeeze or lightly hit the painful area, the pain increases when having to concentrate and think a lot. Dizziness and balance disorders: after a headache are dizziness attacks. People with cerebral circulatory insufficiency will have a feeling of transient staggering or everything and themselves are spinning. This is accompanied by dizziness, the sky and earth darken, especially when moving position or changing the point of view suddenly. During a headache and dizziness, the patient may feel uncomfortable, nauseous. Eye movement disorders: double vision, blurred vision or blind spots appear for a few seconds or minutes when moving position. May experience hallucinations. Movement disorders: when the amount of blood to the brain is reduced, it will cause movement disorders, the patient feels like both legs are suddenly taken away, often occurring when tilting the head up or turning the head suddenly. Sleep disorders: this is a very common symptom and makes the patient very uncomfortable because it is persistent and difficult to treat, headaches. Most cases often have insomnia, difficulty sleeping, not sleeping deeply, some have sleep disorders, sleep during the day and wake up at night, headaches after waking up… However, the symptoms of cerebral circulatory insufficiency are difficult to recognize and are easily confused with dangerous migraine headaches, but are often attributed to cerebral circulatory insufficiency due to its popularity. Therefore, we provide some information about migraine headaches: Migraine headaches are vascular headaches, caused by abnormal dilation of cerebral blood vessels due to sudden changes in the concentration of the neurotransmitter Serotonin in people with low background Serotonin levels. Typical symptoms are throbbing migraine headaches that can spread to the entire head. During the attack, the patient may be afraid of light, noise and the pain increases with movement. In ⅓ of Migraine patients, there are prodromal signs such as blurred vision and seeing zigzag light streaks, which can be easily confused with symptoms of cerebral circulatory insufficiency. Migraine treatment requires long-term persistence because this is a chronic disease. In developed countries, the most commonly used herb is Feverfew, which helps regulate Serotonin levels in the brain, thereby effectively controlling migraines.
Causes and complications
Chronic diseases are considered one of the leading causes of cerebral circulatory insufficiency. Mainly atherosclerosis or arteriosclerosis narrows the blood vessels, reducing blood flow to the brain, cervical spondylosis compresses the blood vessels leading to the brain, high blood pressure, fatty blood disease, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases such as heart valves, arrhythmia, kidney failure… Some other factors also increase the risk of the disease such as obesity, lack of exercise, high pressure, stress, addiction to beer, alcohol, cigarettes… Because the symptoms of cerebral anemia are quite common and easy to encounter even in normal people, patients are often subjective and neglect treatment. If the disease progresses for a long time, it can lead to dangerous complications, especially stroke – a high risk of death. According to statistics, the number of deaths due to stroke is the third highest, only after cardiovascular diseases and cancer.
Treatment and prevention
Although cerebral circulatory insufficiency is dangerous, it is not without effective prevention and treatment. We should equip ourselves with knowledge about this disease and have a plan to prevent it as soon as possible. When sick, we need to
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