Microvascular Ischemia

[huggybear23]

what is chronic microvascular ischemia in white matter of brain

[huggybear23]

Thank you very much.  Now my children want to know if it is hereditary!  They already have to worry about the neurofibromatosis gene.  I told them it was probably caused by the horrific fall I had and hurt my head.

[Dr. Kokil Mathur]

Hi!
Very small blood vessels in the brain get blocked and this results in loss of oxygen supply to minute areas of the brain. This is called micro-ischemia. This
appears as small white dots on MRI. It can be caused by diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, advanced age, and autoimmune diseases. Hope this helps. Take care!

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