All are cardiovascular and cerebrovascular emergencies! Autumn is here, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases are frequent, how to prevent them?

The nights in the emergency room are never so peaceful. The 120 ambulances roar in one after another, and all the people who stand up are physicians.

This is the true portrayal of emergency rooms after the beginning of autumn. In the summer, surgical emergencies are busy with various injuries, but once autumn comes, all kinds of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular emergencies come.

Last night alone, the emergency department of the internal medicine department admitted more than a dozen patients with cerebral hemorrhage, cerebral infarction, and myocardial infarction. Looking at the busy backs of my colleagues in the internal medicine department, it is very necessary to give everyone some popular science on how to prevent the occurrence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

Why are cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases more common in autumn? Diseases are closely related to our lives. In life, there is a principle called thermal expansion and contraction. As a part of nature, human cardiovascular and cerebrovascular systems also experience thermal expansion and contraction.

We can compare the human cardiovascular system to the village water pump system. After the fall, the weather gradually turns cooler. As the temperature drops, people's blood vessels will contract to varying degrees, which is similar to the lumen of a water pipe becoming thinner. The amount of water each household receives will decrease, and some large water users will experience insufficient water supply, which corresponds to local ischemia in the human body. Therefore, various ischemic diseases are prone to occur, such as myocardial ischemia, cerebrovascular ischemia, etc. If there happen to be plaques or lumen narrowing in the blood vessels before, as the blood vessels further contract, severe local ischemia will occur, that is, myocardial infarction or cerebral infarction, which is also the reason for the high incidence of myocardial infarction and cerebral infarction after the fall.

Of course, the contraction of blood vessels not only brings ischemic damage, but also hemorrhagic damage. Let's use a water pump to explain this process. As the water pipes in some users' homes become thinner, the pressure inside the water pipes will increase compared to before. In order to meet the water needs of some water-deficient users, we often increase the output of the water pump, which will further increase the water pressure. If a water pipe happens to be in disrepair or partially weak at this time, excessive water pressure can easily lead to the rupture of local blood vessels, causing local water leakage, which corresponds to local bleeding in the human body. The most common is rupture and bleeding of cerebral blood vessels, especially those who are born with abnormal development of cerebral blood vessels. Cerebral aneurysms are prone to rupture and bleeding, which is also the reason for the frequent occurrence of cerebral hemorrhage after autumn.

How to prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases in autumn? ● Keeping warm is the key

Since cold weather is an important factor that stimulates vasoconstriction, we can offset the risks brought by cooling by changing the environment. For example, friends in the north can choose to spend the winter in the relatively warm south. The higher the ambient temperature, the better the problem of vasoconstriction.

For those who have to stay in the local area for the winter, they must pay attention to local warmth. In addition to wearing more clothes, it is also important to ensure the temperature of the water when washing to avoid vascular accidents caused by cold water stimulation.

● Proper exercise is important

For friends with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, proper exercise is very important. Exercise can not only enhance people's muscle strength and flexibility, but also play a role in controlling weight. As weight decreases, blood pressure and blood sugar will tend to stabilize. For the choice of exercise, we recommend aerobic exercise, 3-5 times a week, half an hour to one hour each time.

● Medication adjustment is critical

Many people with high blood pressure have probably discovered that their blood pressure is different in summer and autumn and winter. After autumn, as the temperature drops, the body's blood pressure gradually rises. If you still follow the summer dosage, your blood pressure will be at a high level, which will increase the probability of cardiovascular disease.

The correct approach is to ask the doctor to adjust antihypertensive drugs appropriately to maintain blood pressure within the normal range and reduce the impact of increased blood pressure due to vasoconstriction.

Summary: Since the beginning of autumn, cardiovascular diseases have been prevalent. Timely preparation and adjustment can effectively reduce the probability of cardiovascular diseases. I hope everyone can spend this autumn and winter in good health.