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Elderly people should be cautious when doing neck exercises

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Elderly people should be cautious when doing neck exercises

  Arteriosclerosis is a common and frequent disease in the elderly. Generally speaking, mild arteriosclerosis will not affect the blood supply to the brain, so there will be no symptoms after neck movement. Severe arteriosclerosis can reduce the blood supply to the brain and cause symptoms such as dizziness, headache, and memory loss. Moving the neck at this time is likely to aggravate cerebral ischemia, making the above symptoms more serious, and even causing "ischemic stroke".
  
  There was an old man suffering from arteriosclerosis who got up early every day to exercise. Since I often feel dizzy recently, I shake my neck to try to clear my head. The result was counterproductive, the dizziness became more obvious, and even the eyes often turned black when moving the neck.
  
  In fact, these symptoms of the elderly are caused by insufficient blood supply to the brain, and moving the neck makes cerebral ischemia more serious and even affects the brain. Eye blood supply, symptoms such as darkening of the eyes and temporary visual impairment. Sadly, the old man did not know the dangers of violent neck movements and continued to move his neck violently. As a result, the old man's symptoms became more serious and he developed hemiplegia within a week. Later, a CT examination confirmed that the old man's carotid arteries were severely sclerotic and hardened plaques had fallen off, blocking the cerebral blood vessels.
  
  Therefore, the elderly should not excessively move their necks during physical exercise, especially patients with arteriosclerosis who are accompanied by dizziness and memory loss. They should also refrain from excessively moving their necks and turning their heads in order to avoid and reduce "ischemic stroke" caused by cervical arteriosclerosis.

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