I have several times mentioned a medical condition called stroke. There are two main types of stroke: ischemic and hemorrhagic. Ischemic means stroke due to lack of blood flow and hemorrhagic means stroke due to bleeding. The result is that the affected part of brain doesn't function properly.
There are two main types of hemorrhagic strokes: intracerebral (bleeding inside the brain itself) and subarachnoid (bleeding occurs outside the brain but still inside the skull) hemorrhage.
Stroke symptoms occur suddenly. The symptoms depend on the area of the brain which was affected. The bigger area affected = the more functions of the brain are more likely lost.
Among symptoms belong: face weakness (uneven smile or unable to show teeth), arm drift, speech problem, numbness, being confused, balance problems, blurred vision, weakness of tongue (or on one side), headache or vomiting etc. All those signs depend on the area which is affected, so not all the symptoms have to occur. If any of these signs appear call emergency.
There is also dangerous thing called silent stroke which occur without any outward signs, and people are unaware of having a stroke. This increases a risk of having major stroke in future. And despite of not noticing of the silent stroke, it still damage some part of the brain.
The biggest risks for the stroke is high blood pressure and atrial fibrillation, but also high level of cholesterol, diabetes, smoking, alcohol, drugs, obesity (I would generally call it as a bad lifestyle).
But I was also looking for any connection between stroke and stress. And I have found that stress causes mini-stroke, which is also known as transient ischemic attack, which could be taken as a predecessor or warning sign of full stroke. During the mini-stroke you experience stroke-like symptoms which last typically under 2 hours. They could last even 24 hours.
Stress plays significant role in the risk of mini-stroke. Among the signs you might experience blood pressure rise, heart rate increase, respiration increase.
Few interesting facts I have found:
There are two main types of hemorrhagic strokes: intracerebral (bleeding inside the brain itself) and subarachnoid (bleeding occurs outside the brain but still inside the skull) hemorrhage.
Stroke symptoms occur suddenly. The symptoms depend on the area of the brain which was affected. The bigger area affected = the more functions of the brain are more likely lost.
Among symptoms belong: face weakness (uneven smile or unable to show teeth), arm drift, speech problem, numbness, being confused, balance problems, blurred vision, weakness of tongue (or on one side), headache or vomiting etc. All those signs depend on the area which is affected, so not all the symptoms have to occur. If any of these signs appear call emergency.
There is also dangerous thing called silent stroke which occur without any outward signs, and people are unaware of having a stroke. This increases a risk of having major stroke in future. And despite of not noticing of the silent stroke, it still damage some part of the brain.
The biggest risks for the stroke is high blood pressure and atrial fibrillation, but also high level of cholesterol, diabetes, smoking, alcohol, drugs, obesity (I would generally call it as a bad lifestyle).
But I was also looking for any connection between stroke and stress. And I have found that stress causes mini-stroke, which is also known as transient ischemic attack, which could be taken as a predecessor or warning sign of full stroke. During the mini-stroke you experience stroke-like symptoms which last typically under 2 hours. They could last even 24 hours.
Stress plays significant role in the risk of mini-stroke. Among the signs you might experience blood pressure rise, heart rate increase, respiration increase.
Few interesting facts I have found:
- Once a stroke begins, you lose up to 2 millions brain cells every minute.
- About one third of stroke patients are between 20 and 64 years old.
- Stroke kills more women than breast cancer.
- Family history increases your own risk of stroke.
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