This disease, also known as spontaneous basilar artery occlusion, can occur at any age from children to adults, but it is more common in children and adolescents. The two peak age groups are 0 ~ 10 and 20 ~ 30 respectively. I checked the literature. It is an extremely rare ischemic cerebrovascular disease with an annual incidence of about 3.5/ 1 10,000. It is relatively high in Shandong, Henan and other places, but rare in South China. Belonging to neurosurgery or neurology in hospital departments.
Do you know how rare this rare disease is? Not only do we not know, but even neurosurgeons or physicians with decades of clinical experience have not met many moyamoya patients. Doctors in other professions may not know what moyamoya disease is, and people without medical knowledge have never heard of it.
Occurrence and development of moyamoya disease (Suzuki stage)
Maybe you don't know, the name Moyamoya actually comes from Japan, where it is called "Moyamoya" and is named by Jiro Suzuki, a professor of neurosurgery at Tohoku University (Sendai) in Japan. Suzuki is famous all over the world. Worldwide, moyamoya disease is a frequent disease in Asia, especially in East Asian countries (China, Japan and South Korea). Even in European and American countries, the vast majority of patients are Asians.
When it comes to the symptoms of moyamoya disease, there are two main types, namely cerebral ischemia and intracranial hemorrhage. Hemorrhagic moyamoya disease basically does not occur in children, but adult patients may have bleeding symptoms due to compensatory vascular rupture.
If there are no bleeding symptoms, it is difficult to find moyamoya disease in time, which may be only temporary headache, memory loss, numbness of limbs and so on. When it comes to these symptoms, many people's first reaction is that they are too tired and generally don't pay special attention. If you have these symptoms, you should pay more attention to rest, otherwise there will be acute symptoms, such as sudden limb inflexibility, blurred vision, language disorder, mental decline, severe headache, disturbance of consciousness, etc., which may be very serious.
In recent years, with the popularization of new imaging technologies such as CT angiography (CTA), transcranial Doppler ultrasound (TCD), magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) and digital subtraction angiography (DSA), the diagnostic rate of moyamoya disease is getting higher and higher.
Once moyamoya disease occurs, the general situation is very urgent and serious, so how to prevent moyamoya disease?
Moyamoya disease has congenital factors, which are difficult for us to prevent, but external factors can be prevented.
First of all, control the occurrence of infection and go to the hospital in time when it is inappropriate to avoid infectious diseases damaging human blood vessels.
Secondly, change bad habits, such as drinking, smoking, overeating and staying up late.
In addition, we should pay attention to self-protection, stay away from high-risk projects and avoid trauma.
I hope these contents can help you understand this rare disease. The above contents are only used for medical science popularization and cannot replace professional diagnosis and treatment opinions. Please follow the doctor's advice for the specific decision.