What does cerebral infarction mean?

Cerebral infarction, also known as ischemic stroke, refers to the blood supply disorder of the brain caused by various reasons, resulting in local brain tissue necrosis and neurological deficits. Cerebral infarction is the most common type of stroke, its main classification is complete anterior circulation infarction, generally internal carotid artery system, such as speech dysfunction, hemiblindness, limb dysfunction, paresthesia; Or show part of the anterior circulation infarction, in fact, also belongs to the internal carotid artery system, can show hemiplegia, hemiblindness, hemiplegia, sensory disorders these functional deficiencies; there are posterior circulation infarction, mainly refers to the vertebrobasilar artery system, can show dizziness, vision, vision rotation, swallowing dysfunction, walking instability and other performance. In fact, cerebral infarction, is what people call cerebral thrombosis.