Do you believe that going to the toilet too hard can lead to amnesia? According to Taiwan media reports on May 24, many people have constipation problems, but even if you don't come out, don't overdo it. Hong Kong media recently reported that a constipated woman suddenly lost her memory for eight hours after going to the toilet, and the memory of that time went back to 10 years ago. Doctors on the island of Taiwan say that this may indeed happen because of the growing concern about "jugular insufficiency" in recent years.
Huang Qixun, chief physician of the Department of Neurology, said that when the heart contracts, the blood flow from the artery will supply the brain, and then the anoxic blood will slowly return to the heart through the vein. On the way, it will pass through the venous valve in the neck. Because of this valve, the human body can smoothly send new blood to the artery when the heart contracts, rather than to the vein.
However, the jugular valve may not be fully closed due to congenital factors or postnatal aging, which may not have a great impact on daily life. However, when performing forced breath holding actions, such as exerting 'mm-hmm', emotional excitement, weight lifting, etc., it may cause an increase in thoracic pressure, which will be transmitted to the vein, resulting in the blockage of anoxic blood originally returning to the heart, At the same time, it also affects the brain perfusion of oxygenated blood from the heart.
When this happens, people will have symptoms of brain hypoxia, and temporary amnesia is one of them. Huang Qixun said that the hippocampal gyrus, which is responsible for the formation of short-term memory, originally consumes more oxygen, so the impact of brain hypoxia is also more obvious. People may not be able to remember the current events, but because other brain regions still retain long-term memory, the memory of patients may go back to 10 years ago. However, these symptoms are often temporary, as venous blood slowly and smoothly return to the heart, the patient will gradually return to normal.
Huang Qixun reminded that any sudden brain disease should be immediately sent to the emergency department for professional evaluation. If you suspect or want to confirm whether there is' jugular valve insufficiency ', you can add cerebrovascular ultrasound examination in the health examination. If "jugular valve insufficiency" has been diagnosed, we should try our best to avoid suffocation in the future, such as forced defecation, emotional excitement, weight lifting and so on, so as to avoid recurrence.