What are the differences between stroke and cerebral infarction?

Stroke generally refers to stroke, cerebral infarction that is cerebral infarction, stroke and cerebral infarction differences mainly include different causes, different symptoms, different treatment methods.

1. Different

causes of stroke are more complex, may be caused by cerebral artery embolism, hematological factors, inflammatory factors, infection, lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, aneurysms, etc.; cerebral infarction in most cases is caused by atherosclerosis or cardiogenic embolism, small artery occlusion, etc.

2. Different symptoms of stroke

patients may appear limb numbness or paralysis, mouth skew, different degrees of consciousness disorders, headache, nausea, etc.; cerebral infarction patients may appear hemiplegia, sensory disorders, aphasia, ataxia and other symptoms.

3. Different treatment methods

Stroke patients can take bone flap decompression, craniotomy hematoma resection treatment; cerebral infarction can take craniotomy decompression, carotid endarterectomy treatment.