What is the meaning of multiple cerebral infarction?

Multiple cerebral infarction refers to the deep structure of the cerebral cortex under the main area, showing some small infarction, often due to the deep penetrating artery of the brain some small branches of arteriosclerosis occlusion and lead to local cerebral ischemia some of the focus. Modern imaging head CT, magnetic resonance imaging is easy to find these lesions, once found these lacunar infarction often prompt small blood vessels out of the problem, the most common cause is hypertension, diabetes caused by arteriosclerosis of the small arteries. Therefore, once this kind of multiple infarction is shown, it is necessary to actively search for the cause and treat hypertension, diabetes and arteriosclerosis in order to effectively control the development of these infarction.