Stroke, commonly known as "stroke", is a common disease among the elderly. However, with the development of the times, more and more young people have suffered from stroke, and the incidence rate has increased year by year. Why is it that the so-called senile disease of stroke haunts young people? Let me analyze for you.
What is stroke?
Stroke is also called cerebrovascular accident, including hemorrhagic stroke and ischemic stroke. It is a disorder of local brain function caused by acute cerebrovascular disease. It is characterized by high incidence rate, high mortality, high disability rate and high recurrence rate. It is a disease that poses a great threat to our life, often occurring in people over 50 years old. When a stroke occurs, the symptoms mainly include sudden tilting of the mouth and eyes, poor speech, weakness or inflexibility of one limb, unstable gait, severe headache, nausea and vomiting, and consciousness disorders. What are the characteristics of young stroke?
1. The age of onset is between 18 and 45 years old, most of them are male. The incidence rate increases with the increase of age, and the major patients of young stroke are those over 40 years old, accounting for more than half of young stroke population.
2. Most young stroke patients have cerebrovascular diseases, which have traditional risk factors, such as hypertension, diabetes, abnormal lipid metabolism, obesity, hyperhomocysteinemia, hyperfibrinonemia, etc., and these diseases have not been effectively controlled.
Compared with middle-aged and elderly stroke patients, young stroke patients are more likely to suffer from stroke caused by unhealthy lifestyles, such as long-term heavy drinking, smoking, staying up late, and high work pressure.
4. Early onset heart disease, including heart valve disease and endocardial lesions, arrhythmia, cardiac surgery, patent foramen ovale, cardiac myxoma, etc.
5. Compared with middle-aged and elderly patients, the causes are more complex, such as abnormal blood composition, inflammatory arterial disease, smoking disease, genetic factors, etc.
6. Compared with middle-aged and elderly stroke patients, young stroke patients have better clinical treatment effects and higher surgical tolerance, resulting in lower disability and mortality rates.
The main causes of stroke in young women include long-term migraine, smoking, and oral contraceptives.
Why is stroke gradually becoming younger?
Due to the rapid development in China in recent years, people's lifestyles and work styles have undergone tremendous changes. Many young people, under immense pressure from life and work, have unhealthy habits, leading to an earlier onset of stroke. Bad lifestyle habits specifically include:
1. Long term staying up late and sitting for long periods of time. With the increasing social pressure, more and more people are working longer hours, which greatly encroaches on their personal life time. This has led to lower levels of satisfaction in young people's lives, making it difficult to achieve happiness. Therefore, it is easier for them to satisfy themselves by staying up late.
2. Poor dietary habits. At present, the living standard of our people has been greatly improved. In order to meet their own needs, many people will eat high sugar, high fat, spicy and stimulating food, which is very easy to cause harm to the body.
3. Excessive pressure. When people are under too much pressure, their spirit will remain tense all the time. Under the influence of these factors, blood vessels more agree to atherosclerosis.
How to avoid becoming a young person with a stroke?
Contemporary young people should first recognize the harm of stroke, increase their understanding of stroke, face the pressure of life and work properly, have a reasonable diet and schedule, and maintain exercise habits. If there are sudden symptoms related to stroke, it is necessary to seek medical attention in a timely manner.
Stroke is very scary, and what's even more frightening is that it is gradually becoming younger. As young people, we must strengthen our understanding of stroke, protect our bodies, and avoid becoming young people with stroke.