Cerebral anemia or ischemia (Brain ischemia), is a condition that occurs when there isn’t enough blood flow to the brain to meet metabolic demand. This leads to limited oxygen supply or cerebral hypoxia and leads to the death of brain tissue, cerebral infarction, or ischemic stroke.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!Cerebra infarction or ischemic stroke is a subtype of stroke along with subarachnoid hemorrhage and intracerebral hemorrhage.
There are two kinds of ischemia:
- Focal ischemia: confined to a specific region of the brain.
- Global ischemia: encompasses wide areas of brain tissue.
Other conditions that may result from brain ischemia are stroke, cardiorespiratory arrest, and irreversible brain damage. The causes of brain ischemia can vary from sickle cell anemia to congenital heart defects.
The term “stroke” can be divided into three categories: brain ischemia, subarachnoid hemorrhage and intracerebral hemorrhage.
Brain ischemia can be further sectioned into thrombotic, embolic, and hypoperfusion.
Thrombotic and embolic are focal or multifocal in nature while hypoperfusion affects the brain altogether.
- Focal cerebral ischemia: Focal cerebral (or brain) ischemia occurs when a blood clot has blocked a cerebral vessel. Focal cerebral ischemia reduces blood flow to the particular brain region, increasing the risk of cell death to that area. It can be either caused by thrombosis or embolism.
- Global cerebral ischemia: Global cerebral ischemia occurs when blood flow to the brain is stopped or reduced. This is usually triggered by cardiac arrest. If adequate circulation is restored within a short period of time, symptoms may be brief. However, if a large amount of time passes before restoration, brain damage can be permanent. While reperfusion may be essential to protecting as much brain tissue as possible, it may also lead to reperfusion injury or damage that results from the restoration of blood supply to ischemic tissue.
The arterial border zones are the most vulnerable regions to a fall in cerebral perfusion.
Acute anemia or low haematocrit is a common blood disorder, occurs when the number of healthy red blood cells that carry oxygen through the body drops to an abnormal level, or if the cells don’t contain enough hemoglobin) may produce cerebral blood flow insufficiency, reduce oxygen-carrying capacity, and result in distal-field tissue ischemic injury when hemoglobin level decreases below a critical level, especially in patients with intracranial stenosis.
The symptoms of Cerebral Anemia or Ischemia include:
- Weakness in one arm or leg
- Weakness in one entire side of the body
- Dizziness, vertigo, double vision
- Weakness on both sides of the body
- Difficulty speaking
- Slurred speech
- Loss of coordination
- Impairments in vision, body movement, and speaking
- Unconsciousness
- Blindness
- Problems with coordination
- General weakness
The symptoms of cerebral ischemia range from mild to severe. Symptoms can last from a few seconds to a few minutes or for extended periods of time. If the brain becomes damaged irreversibly and tissue death occurs, the symptoms may be permanent.
Cerebral ischemia is linked to many diseases or irregularities. Patients with compressed blood vessels, plaque buildup in the arteries, blood clots, very low blood pressure as a result of heart attack, congenital heart defects and even sickle cell anemia have a higher tendency to cerebral ischemia in comparison to their healthy counterparts.
Sickle cell anemia may cause cerebral ischemia linked with the irregularly shaped blood cells. Sickle shaped blood cells clot more easily than normal blood cells, obstructing blood flow to the brain.
Compression of blood vessels may also lead to cerebral ischemia, by obstructing the arteries that bring oxygen to the brain.
Plaque buildup in the arteries, tumer, injuries etc may result in ischemia. Even the slightest amount of plaque buildup can cause the narrowing of passageways, affecting that area to become more prone to blood clots. Bigger blood clots can also cause ischemia by blocking blood flow.
A heart attack can also lead to cerebral ischemia due to the association that exists between heart attack and low blood pressure. Extremely low blood pressure usually characterizes the insufficient oxygenation of tissues. Untreated heart attacks slow blood flow enough that blood may start to clot and stop the flow of blood to the brain or other major organs. Cerebral ischemia can result from events other than heart attacks.
Congenital heart defects can result in cerebral ischemia due to the lack of proper artery formation and connection. Patients with congenital heart defects may also be predisposed to blood clots.
In order to treat cerebral ischemia, doctors may prescribe medications for ischemic stroke. Alteplase is an medication used to acute ischemic stroke. If this medication is administered within four and a half hours, the treatment with tpa and most important treatment with Homeopathic medicines improves the probability for a promising outcome over a allopathic drugs.
Systemic blood pressure should be maintained to restore blood flow to the cerebrum. Anticonvulsants especially Homeopathic, are usually prescribed to avoid seizures as well.
Complications of Cerebral Anemia or Ischemia
The symptoms of anemia vary, depending on the degree of RBC loss or shortage.
Menstrual bleeding or iron deficiency tends to cause mild chronic anemia with symptoms of fatigue, pallor (pale skin colour), shortness of breath, and weakness.
Those with iron deficiency may experience a craving to eat ice, clay, dirt or other substances. This is known as pica. Treating the iron deficiency will resolve pica.
If anemia is due to major blood loss, such as in cases of severe GI bleeding caused by ulcers, patient may feel dizzy and very weak, especially if stand up suddenly.
Severe anemia can cause tissues and organs to be completely starved of blood and oxygen. When this happens, cells rapidly die in a process called ischemia.
In sickle cell anemia, RBCs, which are normally disc-shaped, become sickle-shaped. This abnormal shape of the cells causes them to get lodged in small blood vessels, blocking normal blood flow. People with this disease may get serious ischemia in their feet, sometimes requiring amputation, or in other organs, causing pain.
People with sickle cell anemia are at a high risk of stroke, since the sickle-shaped cells can easily bunch together, forming masses (clots) that block blood flow in the brain’s blood vessels.
For those with cancer, the most common symptoms of anemia are usually fatigue and shortness of breath. This makes it difficult to keep up usual energy levels and activities, and can have very negative effects on daily life.
Diagnosis of Cerebral Anemia or Ischemia
Blood sample that will be sent to the laboratory for a hemoglobin level. This measures the number of grams of hemoglobin per litre of patient’s blood. Blood will also be checked for levels of white blood cells, platelets, and various other blood components. The laboratory will also look at the size and shape of RBCs.
The different levels, and how the blood cells look, can tell us a lot about what’s causing the anemia. For instance, low red and white cells suggest a condition involving the bone marrow or spleen. The doctor will then test for other conditions, depending on the results of patient’s initial blood test.
Allopathic Treatment of Cerebral Anemia or Ischemia
The treatment for anemia depends on the underlying illness causing it. Severe bleeding is usually treated with blood transfusions (I never recommend said Dr. Qaisar Ahmed). Patient who don’t like Homeopathic treatment may also need regular transfusions of blood if he/she have a serious chronic type of anemia (e.g., Fanconi anemia or sickle cell anemia).
There has been a great improvement in lifespan for people with sickle cell anemia. In the past, those with the disease often did not make it to adulthood. The expected lifespan has now surpassed 50 years of age. The disease is managed by general health maintenance with Homeopathic medication and folate supplementation (also Homeopathic).
In allopathy currently, the only cure is a hematopoietic stem cell transplant (a procedure which replaces the abnormal bone marrow). This procedure is very costly and has many risks, and is generally used only for those with advanced complications of the disease.
Infants who have this problem tend to be bottle-fed. A baby is able to absorb more iron from breast milk than from artificial milk (canned).
Patient may want to take iron supplements (especially Homeopathic) for herself when breastfeeding. Iron supplements will also help in cases of mild anemia that’s due to GI or menstrual bleeding.
It may take 3 to 6 weeks of taking iron supplements to replenish the iron your body needs.
Vitamin B12, vitamin C, and folic acid are all crucial to RBC production, and a deficiency in any one of these vitamins puts patient at risk for anemia.
Good sources of vitamin B12 include beef and fish. Vegetables don’t contain vitamin B12, so if patient don’t eat meat, fish, or dairy products, She will need to take vitamin B12 supplements.
Sources of folic acid include spinach, green peas, oranges, and cantaloupe.
When anemia is caused by decreased production of RBCs, such as in cancer or severe kidney disease, medications such as epoetin alfa and darbepoetin alfa can be used. These medications mimic the action of erythropoietin, the natural hormone that causes the bone marrow to produce more RBCs; to avoid severe side effects of epoetin alfa or darbepoetin alfa, prescribe Homeopathic medicines to your patients.
Homeopathic Treatment for Anemia and Cerebral Anemia or Ischemia
Ferrum Metallicum
The patients needing Ferrum Met are Pale; pits on pressure; flushes readily that is frequent false flushings appearing at the slightest excitement. Vertigo, pulsating headaches and tinnitus (ringing in ears), Difficulty in breathing, shortness of breath with tachycardia (palpitations of heart); Chest oppressed; breathing difficult. Surging of blood to chest. Hoarseness. Cough dry, spasmodic. Haemoptysis, coldness of body, General coldness of extremities; head and face hot. Urine Involuntary – worse daytime
In females; Menses remit a day or two, and then return. Discharge of long pieces from uterus, weak, delicate, chlorotic, yet have a fiery-red face. Menses too early, too profuse, last too long; pale, watery. Sensitive vagina. Tendency to abortion. Prolapse of vagina. who are anemic due to excessive bleeding during periods. The blood flows abundantly and the periods last much longer than normal.
Ferrum Phos (Haemoglobin enhancer)
Ferr phos. 3x increases hemoglobin. Patient nervous, sensitive, anaemic with the false plethora and easy flushing, Pulse soft and flowing; no anxious restlessness. Facial neuralgia; worse, shaking head and stooping. Vomiting of undigested food. Vomiting of bright red blood. Sour eructations. Haemorrhoids. Stools watery, bloody, undigested.
Menses every three weeks, with bearing-down sensation and pain on top of head. Palpitation; pulse rapid. First stage of cardiac diseases. Short, quick, soft pulse. Night sweats of anaemia.
Medicines for Anemia where Pica is predominantly present
Alumina: dryness of mucous membranes, Cough soon after waking in the morning. Hoarse, aphonia, tickling in larynx; wheezing, rattling respiration. Cough on talking or singing. Dryness of skin, Chapped and dry tettery; tendency to paretic muscular states, Sluggish functions, heaviness, numbness, and staggering, constipated, Confused , hasty, hurried, Suicidal tendency. Burning headache with vertigo, scalp itches and is numb. Humming in ears, roaring, Eustachian tube feels plugged.
Mouth: Sore. Bad odor from it. Teeth covered with sordes. Gums sore, bleeding. Tensive pain in articulation of jaw when opening mouth or chewing. Abnormal cravings-chalk, charcoal, dry food, tea-grounds.
Stool: Hard dry, knotty; no desire. Rectum sore, dry, inflamed, bleeding. Itching and burning at anus. Even a soft stool is passed with difficulty. Great straining. Constipation of infants.
Urine: Muscles of bladder paretic, must strain at stool in order to urinate. Pain in kidneys, with mental confusion. Frequent desire to urinate in old people. Difficult starting, Involuntary emissions when straining at stool. Prostatic discharge.
Menses too early, short, scanty, pale, followed by great exhaustion. Leucorrhoea acrid, profuse transparent, ropy, with burning.
Pain in arm and fingers, as if hot iron penetrated. Arms feel paralyzed. Legs feel asleep, especially when sitting with legs crossed. Staggers on walking. Heels feel numb. Soles tender; on stepping, feel soft and swollen. Pain in shoulder and upper arm. Gnawing beneath fingernails. Brittle nails. Inability to walk, except when eyes are open or in daytime. Spinal degenerations and paralysis of lower limbs.
Calcarea Carb: To control pica, impaired nutrition being the keynote of its action, tickling cough, fleeting chest pains, Raised blood coagulability, Headache, with cold hands and feet but head feels hot. Vertigo on ascending, and when turning head. Headache from over lifting, from mental exertion, with nausea. Aversion to meat, boiled things; craving for indigestible things-chalk, coal, pencils; also for eggs, salt and sweets. Don’t like milk.
Strontium Carbonicum
Chronic sequelae of haemorrhages, after surgeries with much oozing of blood and coldness and prostration. Arteriosclerosis. High blood pressure with flushed face pulsating arteries, threatened apoplexy.
Vertigo with headache and nausea. Distensive pressure. Aches from nape of neck, spreading upwards; better wrapping head up warmly. Flushes in face; violent pulsating. Supraorbital neuralgia; pains increase and decrease slowly (Stann). Bloody crusts in nose. Face red; burns, itches. Itching, redness and burning of nose. aversion to meat, craves bread and beer. Food tasteless. Eructations after eating. Hiccough causes chest pains; cardialgia.
Stannum Metallicum
Chief action is centered upon the nervous system and respiratory organs. Aching in temples and forehead, Paralytic weakness; drops things. Ankles swollen. Limbs suddenly give out when attempting to sit down. Dizziness and weakness when descending. Spasmodic twitching of muscles of forearm and hand. Fingers jerk when holding pen. Neuritis. Typewriters’ paralysis.
Aletris Farinosa:
An anaemic, relaxed condition, especially of the female organism, tired all the time, and suffers from prolapsus, leucorrhoea, rectal distress, etc. Marked anaemia. Chlorotic girls and pregnant women, Confused feelings. Cannot concentrate mind. Fainting, with vertigo, Prolapse, with pain in right inguinal region. Leucorrhoea due to weakness and anaemia. Habitual tendency to abortion. Muscular pains during pregnancy.
China officinalis:
Debility from exhausting discharges, from loss of vital fluids, together with a nervous erethism, loose of blood, the bleeding can be the result of a traumatic injury, excessive bleeding in periods or bleeding from any part of body like throat, bowels, nose, etc.
Sensation as if brain were balancing to and fro, and striking against skull, receiving great pain (Sulph; Sulph ac). Intense throbbing of head and carotid arteries. Face flushed after haemorrhages, or sexual excesses, or loss of vital fluids. Scalp sensitive; worse combing hair, Dizziness, Blue color around eyes. Hollow eyes. Yellowish sclerotica. Black specks, bright dazzling illusions; night blindness in anaemic retina. Spots before eyes. Photophobia. Distortion of eyeballs. Intermittent ciliary neuralgia.
Hearing sensitive to noise, tinnitus, Sallow complexion. Face bloated, Liver and spleen swollen and enlarged, Menses too early. Profuse menses with pain. Irregular cardiac rhythm with weak rapid beats followed by strong, hard beats. Suffocative attacks, syncope; anaemia and dropsy. One hand ice cold, the other warm.
Natrum Mur: Anemia with weight loss
The prolonged taking of excessive salt causes profound nutritive changes to take place in the system, and there arise not only the symptoms of salt retention as evidenced by dropsies and oedemas, but also an alteration in the blood causing a condition of anaemia and leukocytosis. anaemia, chlorosis, many disturbances of the alimentary tract and skin. Great debility; most weakness felt in the morning in bed. Blinding headache, semi-lateral headache, pale face, nausea, vomiting, numbness and tingling in lips, tongue and nose, relieved by sleep.
Eyelids heavy. Muscles weak and stiff, Numbness, tingling of tongue, lips, and nose. Vesicles and burning on tongue, Numbness and tingling in fingers and lower extremities. Cough from a tickling in the pit of stomach, accompanied by stitches in liver and spurting of urine.
Tachycardia. Sensation of coldness of heart. Heart and chest feel constricted. Fluttering, palpitating; intermittent pulse. Heart’s pulsations shake body. Intermits on lying down.
Acid Picricum:
Paralysis, prostration, weakness and pain of back, pins and needle sensation in extremities. Neurasthenia (Oxal ac). Muscular debility. Heavy tired feeling. Myelitis with spasms and prostration. Writer’s palsy. Progressive, pernicious anaemia, Lack of will-power; disinclined to work. Cerebral softening. Dementia with prostration, sits still and listless, Vertigo and noises in ear (tinnitus). Burning along spine. Great weakness. Tired, heavy feeling all over body, especially limbs; worse, exertion. Feet cold. Cannot get warm. Acute descending paralysis.
Phosphorus:
Disorganized blood, causing fatty degeneration of blood vessels and every tissue and organ of the body and thus gives rise to haemorrhages, and haematogenous jaundice. Blood extravasations; fatty degenerations, cirrhosis, caries, loss of memory, brain feels tired, Chronic congestion of head. Brain-fag, with coldness of occiput. Vertigo, with faintness. Itching of scalp, dandruff, falling out of hair in large bunches. Partial loss of vision. Hearing difficult, especially to human voice. Re-echoing of sounds. Dullness of hearing, drowsiness.
Face pale, sickly complexion; blue rings under eyes. Hippocratic countenance. Violent palpitation with anxiety, while lying on left side. Pulse rapid, small, and soft. Heart dilated, especially right. Feeling of warmth in heart.
Ascending sensory and motor paralysis from ends of fingers and toes. Stitches in elbow and shoulder joints. Burning of feet. Weakness and trembling, from every exertion. Can scarcely hold anything with his hands.
Causticum
Paralysis, progressive loss of muscular strength, Local paralysis, vocal cords, muscles of deglutition, of tongue, eyelids, cataract with motor disturbances, vision impaired, face, bladder and extremities, Paralysis of ocular muscles. Tinnitus – Ringing, roaring, pulsating in the ears, with deafness
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