The weather is getting colder! There are more sudden deaths from myocardial infarction and cerebral infarction! Doctors remind you: How to prevent myocardial infarction, cerebral infarction and sudden death

Every autumn rain brings a chill. Although we still have the tail of the autumn tiger in our hands, it is fleeting and autumn is here in a flash.

Every year when the weather changes, there will be a large number of myocardial infarctions, cerebral infarctions, and even many sudden deaths. Some people say that myocardial infarctions, cerebral infarctions, and sudden deaths are all sudden and cannot be prevented. In fact, this is not true. Most myocardial infarctions and cerebral infarctions have some clues, but most people do not find them at all, or do not care at all, which eventually leads to myocardial infarctions, cerebral infarctions, and even sudden deaths, resulting in tragedies.

The reason why myocardial infarction, cerebral infarction and sudden death are discussed on the same topic is that the main causes of sudden death are heart disease and cerebrovascular disease.

1. The main cause of sudden death: cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases

Sudden death refers to the existence of a potential disease that has not been discovered or taken seriously, leading to unexpected death. The main cause of sudden death is heart disease, and the main cause of sudden death in heart disease is acute coronary syndrome, that is, myocardial infarction and unstable angina. Another cause of sudden death is cerebrovascular disease, mainly cerebral infarction.

So, to put it simply, if we prevent most myocardial infarctions and cerebral infarctions, we can prevent most sudden deaths.

2. The root cause of myocardial infarction and cerebral infarction -- atherosclerosis

We always talk about cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Many people cannot distinguish between them and think they are one disease. In fact, in a slightly larger hospital, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular are two departments with different specialties. Cardiovascular disease is simply heart disease, including coronary heart disease, cardiomyopathy, heart failure, arrhythmia and other heart diseases. Cerebrovascular disease refers to brain diseases. Neurosurgery mainly treats cerebral infarction, while neurosurgery mainly treats cerebral hemorrhage, brain trauma, etc.

The reason why we often talk about cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases is that coronary heart disease among cardiovascular diseases and cerebral infarction among cerebrovascular diseases are the two most common diseases. At present, the number of coronary heart disease in my country is as high as 11 million, and the number of stroke is as high as 13 million. The essence of these two diseases is atherosclerosis, which is what the common people say is that there is too much garbage in the blood vessels, forming plaques, causing poor blood flow or insufficient blood supply. When the plaque ruptures, a thrombus will form. If the thrombus occurs in the heart and blood vessels, it is myocardial infarction, and if the thrombus occurs in the cerebral blood vessels, it is cerebral infarction.

This is a commonality between myocardial infarction and cerebral infarction.

III. Treatment of myocardial infarction and cerebral infarction - opening blood vessels, stabilizing plaques and preventing thrombosis

We often talk about cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases together. Another reason is that the treatment principles are basically the same. We mentioned above that the causes of myocardial infarction and cerebral infarction are atherosclerosis, so the treatment principle is to treat atherosclerosis. At the same time, myocardial infarction and cerebral infarction are both caused by ruptured blood vessel plaques forming blood clots that block the blood vessels. In the emergency period, the blood vessels must be opened as soon as possible. The methods of opening blood vessels can be thrombolytic, myocardial infarction can also be treated with stents, and cerebral infarction can be treated with thrombectomy and other treatments.

Because myocardial infarction and cerebral infarction have many similarities, we often talk about cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

4. How to prevent myocardial infarction and cerebral infarction

Atherosclerotic plaques are the root cause of thrombosis, so preventing myocardial infarction and cerebral infarction is to prevent plaques first. The first major cause of arterial plaque formation is an unhealthy lifestyle: smoking and drinking, sitting for a long time without exercise, obesity, unhealthy diet, staying up late, etc. These will cause the gradual generation and aggravation of plaques in blood vessels.

The second cause of atherosclerosis is the failure to control the three highs, or the long-term failure to detect the three highs, which will cause the vascular plaques to become more and more serious, and then cause vascular stenosis. Then the unstable plaques will rupture and form blood clots, blocking the blood vessels and causing myocardial infarction or cerebral infarction.

Plaques are the root cause of myocardial infarction and cerebral infarction. Some bad habits are the inducing factors of myocardial infarction and cerebral infarction, such as smoking and drinking, strenuous exercise, staying up late, cold stimulation, mood swings, straining during bowel movements, stress, etc. We always hear that many sudden deaths are caused by staying up late, strenuous exercise, irritability, stress, etc.

Now that the triggering causes and root causes of myocardial infarction and cerebral infarction are clarified, I know how to prevent them. First of all, I must live a healthy life, quit smoking and drinking, control my weight, exercise properly, don't stay up late, have a good mood, detect the three highs early, and control the three highs properly. Only in this way can I prevent most of the myocardial infarctions and cerebral infarctions, and naturally prevent more sudden deaths.

5. What to do if sudden death due to myocardial infarction or cerebral infarction occurs

Don't be afraid of a thousand things, but be prepared for the unexpected. Sometimes myocardial infarction and cerebral infarction are hard to prevent. Once we suspect myocardial infarction or cerebral infarction, we must call 120 immediately! Don't deal with it randomly. Go to the hospital and actively cooperate with the doctor to open the blood vessels. At this time, everything else is futile. At this time, taking medicine, massage, acupuncture and other so-called first aid measures are basically useless or even harmful.

If cardiac arrest occurs while waiting for 120, cardiopulmonary resuscitation must be performed immediately. Only in this way can more lives be saved. All other first aid measures are futile.

In short, most myocardial infarctions and cerebral infarctions can be prevented, but when we are not sick, no one is willing to do it. Because most of us are lazy, can't control our diet, and are unwilling to move, eventually the blood vessel plaques gradually worsen until thrombosis occurs, myocardial infarction, cerebral infarction, and even sudden death.