What is the difference between cerebral infarction and cerebral thrombosis?

Cerebral thrombosis is based on cerebral atherosclerosis and plaque, under the condition of slow blood flow and low blood pressure, the formed components of blood attach to the intimama of the artery to form a thrombosis, which is called cerebral thrombosis. Before the onset of the disease, the patient had symptoms such as numbness of the limbs, ineffective movement, slurred speech, dizziness, and blurred vision. It often occurs during sleep or in the morning, with weakness or inability to move the affected limb, slurred speech or aphasia, and choking on water.

Most patients are unconscious or mildly impaired. facial and hypoglossal nerve palsies, nystagmus, decreased or increased muscle tone and abdominal reflexes, positive pathological reflexes, decreased or absent abdominal wall and cremasteric reflexes. Mild cerebral thrombosis is manifested as inflexibility of one limb, dysesthesia, and error, and in severe cases, coma, incontinence and even death may occur.

However, the symptoms of cerebral thrombosis vary depending on where it occurs. Cerebral infarction is the destruction of brain tissue in the corresponding part of the artery after the blockage, which can be accompanied by blood. The pathogenesis is thrombosis or embolism, and the nature of symptoms varies depending on the vessels involved in the lesion.

Cerebral infarction is a cerebrovascular disease caused by cerebral atherosclerosis, vascular intimal damage narrows the lumen of the cerebral artery, and then local thrombosis is formed due to a variety of factors, which aggravates or completely occludes the artery, resulting in ischemia, hypoxia, necrosis of brain tissue, and neurological dysfunction.

Cerebral infarction and cerebral thrombosis, although both belong to cerebrovascular lesions, there is still a big difference between the two. The differences between cerebral infarction and cerebral thrombosis are:

1. The age of onset is different, cerebral infarction occurs in young and middle-aged people between 20 and 40 years old, and cerebral thrombosis occurs in middle-aged and elderly people over 55 years old.

2. The medical history is different, most patients with cerebral embolism have heart disease, and most patients with cerebral thrombosis have hypertension, atherosclerosis, diabetes, hyperlipidemia and other diseases.

3. The onset of cerebral infarction is different, cerebral infarction often occurs when mood swings after activity, cerebral thrombosis mostly occurs slowly, and often occurs in a quiet state or sleep state.

4. The clinical symptoms are different, cerebral infarction may be accompanied by headache, vomiting, consciousness disorder, hemiplegia, aphasia, etc. Patients with cerebral thrombosis mainly present with numbness and weakness of the upper and lower limbs, crooked mouth and eyes, and slurred speech.

1. Cerebral infarction: cerebral embolism is more common in young adults under the age of 40, with a rapid onset, and all symptoms appear in a few seconds to 2 3 minutes, and there are no forebody symptoms.

Cerebral thrombosis: Cerebral thrombosis usually develops slowly after middle age, and often reaches its peak within a few days. It is usually preceded by an aura.

2. Cerebral infarction: cerebral embolism is caused by cerebral blood vessels being blocked by solid, gas, liquid and other embolus brought by the bloodstream.

Cerebral thrombosis: Cerebral thrombosis is caused by the narrowing or occlusion of cerebral blood vessels, resulting in ischemia, softening, and necrosis of brain tissue.

3. Cerebral infarction: Cerebral embolism is often preceded by strenuous exercise and emotional agitation, and the onset is sudden.

Cerebral thrombosis: Cerebral thrombosis often occurs in a quiet and sleeping state, and when you wake up, you find that you cannot move freely and have aphasia.

4. Cerebral infarction: The past history of cerebral embolism is varied, but it is mainly seen in heart disease, postoperative, trauma, etc.

Cerebral thrombosis: Cerebral thrombosis often has a history of hypertension, arteriosclerosis, cerebral ischemic attack, diabetes, etc.