It's no secret that even the slightestimpaired blood circulation in the brain affects the work of the whole organism. That is why many people are interested in questions about why there is dyscirculatory encephalopathy, what it is and what symptoms are accompanied. After all, failures in the functioning of the nervous system can be extremely dangerous.
Dyscirculatory encephalopathy: what is it?
This form of the disease is accompanied bylesions of the nervous system that occur against the background of chronic circulatory failure. It is known that along with blood, nerve tissues receive oxygen and nutrients. Any violation of the blood supply leads to malnutrition of the neurons, which naturally affects not only the work of the nervous system, but also the state of the whole organism. There is both acute and chronic dyscirculatory encephalopathy. And regardless of origin and severity, the disease needs appropriate treatment.
The main causes of dyscirculatory encephalopathy
In fact, the causes of circulatory disorders inbrain can be different. Most often, vascular insufficiency is caused by atherosclerosis, which is accompanied by a decrease in the vessel lumen. The most common causes include hypertension. But there are other, less common risk factors under the influence of which the disease develops.
Dyscirculatory encephalopathy may bethe result of any heart disease accompanied by chronic circulatory failure. The causes also include abnormalities in the structure of blood vessels, vasculitis, certain blood diseases, compression of arteries and veins, cerebral amyloidosis, and diabetes mellitus.
Dyscirculatory encephalopathy and its stages of development
Most often a similar disease develops.slowly, gradually. At the first stage, there may be no obvious symptoms, patients only rarely complain of headaches, fatigue and a decrease in concentration. The second stage is accompanied by deeper lesions in the nervous system, which, of course, affects the clinical picture, patients experience problems with memory, changes in character and behavior. The third degree of encephalopathy is the most severe and, if left untreated, often results in paralysis and even death of a person.
Main symptoms of encephalopathy
As already mentioned, the clinical picture in thisThe case depends on the degree of brain damage. In fact, there are many different symptoms that dyscirculatory encephalopathy causes. What is it, and what characteristic signs should I look for?
In the early stages of chronic encephalopathysleep disturbances, drowsiness, irritability and constant fatigue appear. In the future, there are problems with memory, gait changes, tremor in the fingers. As the disease progresses, the patient gradually loses the ability to coherent thinking, has difficulty communicating, reading and memorizing information.
Often, neurosis appears on the background of encephalopathy.For example, some patients suffer from hypochondria. Along with this, the person’s self-confidence is reduced. As the nervous tissue is destroyed, the patient loses the ability to solve everyday tasks.
The third stage of the disease is the mostdangerous, because the damage covers important areas of the brain, coordination of movements is disturbed, which often results in partial or complete paralysis.
How is encephalopathy treated?
Of course, in no case should not engageby self-treatment, only a specialist knows why dyscirculatory encephalopathy has arisen, what it is, and what kind of therapy will be really effective. The acute form of the disease requires immediate hospitalization, while the initial stages of chronic damage to the nervous system can be cured at home. It is extremely important to determine the causes of vascular insufficiency in the brain and eliminate them. The patient needs rest, so it is necessary to limit the amount of physical and mental stress. Calcium channel blockers, vitamins, nicotinic acid preparations, nootropics, antihypoxants, in a word, means that stimulate blood flow to the brain are used for treatment. In some cases, treatment by a psychoneurologist is necessary.
