About stroke, the No. 5 cause of death in the US
Overview:
According to the American Stroke Association, A stroke is the no. 2 cause of death worldwide and the no. 5 in the USA. It is important to recognize the symptoms of a stroke.
It occurs when the blood supply to part of your brain is reduced, preventing brain tissue from getting oxygen. Therefore, brain cells begin to die in minutes.
Symptoms of Stroke:
Signs and symptoms appear during the first hours, and recognizing the symptoms raises their survival chance, including:
- Numbness of the face, arm, or leg.
- A sudden headache.
- Trouble speaking.
- Feeling of heaviness.
- Problems seeing in one or both eyes.
- Trouble walking.
- Hypertension (High blood pressure).
- Hyperglycemia (high levels of sugar, or glucose, in the blood).
Causes:
There are some causes that lead to a stroke, including:
- The main cause is blood vessels rupture.
- Heart diseases may cause a stroke, such as valvular heart disease and irregular heartbeats.
- Stress such as anxiety and fearness.
- Drug abuse in particular heroin addiction.
- Obesity and overweight.
- Smoking, because nicotine raises blood pressure and cigarette smoke causes fat accumulation in carotid arteries (Major arteries of the head and neck).
- Family inheritance from a relative in the family.
- Diabetes and high levels of cholesterol.
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Diagnosis of a stroke:
When you feel any of the symptoms, you should go to the hospital as soon as possible, to do an MRI scan. Because It is the best avenue to detect a stroke in the first hours. But the CT scan does not help to identify until 48 hours after its occurrence.
Prevention Tips:
These are the most important tips you can take to diminish risk :
- Eat a healthy diet.
- Regular workout.
- Stay at a healthy weight.
- If you smoke, quit.
- Keep your blood pressure levels in the normal range.
- Stabilize insulin and blood sugar levels.
- Treating heart disease and please do not underestimate.
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