What is a Stroke?
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Stroke is known to be the one of the commonest reason for death after cancer and heart problems. It is another term used for cerebrovascular disease.
How strokes happen
Stroke is the result of either blockage of blood vessels present in the brain or rupture of vessels. In layman’s term, when blood doesn’t reach to the brain, then it is stroke. Inability to reach blood to the brain is either due to blood clot, which is termed as normal stroke or due to rupture of blood vessel, which is known as hemorrhagic stroke. When brain’s blood supply stops then oxygen and other nutrients for the brain doesn’t reach there and then brain’s cells get damaged even they die.
Although it is one of the most prevalent reasons for human’s death in every year. But stroke can be cured.
Let’s discuss the symptoms, risk factors, and curing measures of this disease.
Symptoms of stroke
The alarming symptoms of strokes are:
Sudden pain in head with no reason behind it
Any kind of visual problem, blur vision or sometimes double vision
Sudden numbness in face, arms legs or one side of the body
Slurred speech, or even difficulty in understanding of other’s speech
Problem in walking, lack of body balance, dizziness or weakness
Risk factors of stroke
There are many risk factors related to stroke:
Age: When you reach the age 50, the risk of stroke doubles.
Family history: If any one from your family once had a stroke or heart attack then chances of stroke becomes more.
Personal history: If you had a stroke before then you might get more stroke attacks.
Medical conditions: Certain medical conditions like high cholesterol, high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, sickle cell anemia, atrial fibrillation etc can lead to stroke.
Lifestyle problem: Over smoking habit, more stress, poor diet with oily or sodium food intake, sedentary lifestyle with no regular exercise, obesity etc can lead to stroke.
Treatment for stroke
If stroke has happened due to blood clot then tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA ), which is a clot bursting drug is induced. Otherwise, some blood thinners are also included in the treatment. If it is hemorrhagic stroke, then certain surgeries are done. Surgery is also important when it is due to blood clotting.
Thus, it is to conclude with a good food habit and healthy lifestyle one can lead a stroke free life.
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