Over the past four decades, China has experienced rapid demographic and epidemiological transformation as its economy has developed and prospered, lifting millions of people out of poverty. Overall population health, as measured by life expectancy, child mortality, disease profiles, and risk factors, has undergone and continues to undergo fundamental changes.
Stroke is the number one killer ravaging China and the number one cause of loss of life span for Chinese people. According to WHO data, the incidence of stroke in my country ranks first in the world. There are more than 5 million stroke cases in my country every year, of which about 1.96 million people die.
In other words, a stroke occurs every 6.2 seconds, and one person dies every 16 seconds! Stroke has become the leading cause of death among residents in my country. What’s even more frightening is that stroke is not just a patent for the elderly. Stroke is also one of the main causes of death among young and middle-aged people aged 15 to 49 in my country.
Cerebral stroke, also known as stroke, many people’s understanding of stroke is that the patient’s mouth and eyes will be crooked and his speech will be slurred. But in fact, stroke is a disease with high incidence rate, high recurrence rate, high disability rate and high mortality rate. It is an abnormality in the blood vessels that supply brain tissue and includes hemorrhagic stroke and ischemic stroke. An ischemic stroke occurs when an emboli attached to a blood vessel wall breaks off and blocks a blood vessel in the brain. Hemorrhagic stroke occurs when a cerebral blood vessel ruptures and causes intracranial bleeding. Once a stroke occurs, it has a high fatality and disability rate and usually leaves complications, which brings great inconvenience to the patient's life.
However, most strokes are traceable and will show some symptoms in the early stages. Only a few people have no symptoms before a stroke, and the vast majority of people have symptoms of instantaneous ischemia in the brain. In addition to the common deviation of the mouth and eyes, slurred speech, etc., there are also phenomena such as dizziness, numbness of the limbs (more common on one side), and sudden blackening of the one-sided eye.
A simple and effective method has been developed internationally to identify stroke - the "FAST method", which stands for face, arms, language expression and time. Face: stiffness, numbness, and visual impairment in facial expression; Arm: weakness of hands and feet, numbness of limbs, difficulty in walking, etc.; Speak: slurred speech, inability to convey meaning; Time: symptoms of stroke After signs or occurrences, you should call 120 as soon as possible to send the patient to the best treatment location as soon as possible.
Stroke focuses on prevention. If you can understand it correctly, it can be avoided to a certain extent. Quit smoking! Quit smoking! Quit smoking! Smoke can accelerate blood vessel holes and create holes for fat to penetrate. Say goodbye to heavy salt and heavy sauce! Low salt, low sugar, low fat, balanced nutrition, so you can control blood lipids, blood pressure and blood sugar and exercise more! Sit down soon! Reduce your waistline! Exercise can improve metabolic indicators such as blood lipids, blood pressure, and blood sugar.
To reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, people with four high risk factors should undergo regular check-ups! Active treatment! People with high blood pressure, high blood lipids, high blood sugar, and high uric acid must take medicine as directed by their doctor and do not use food as medicine.