Stroke can be best described as a brain attack. The brain needs a steady supply of oxygen-rich blood to function properly and this is supplied through an intricate network of blood vessels throughout the brain. In case this supply is disrupted for any reason, brain tissues don’t get enough blood or oxygen, and in the process start dying out. The damage may be temporary or permanent, causing death, disability or loss of one or more brain functions. The episode and the resulting condition are both called a stroke.
This sequence of events is exactly what happens in a heart attack too.
There are 3 major types of stroke.
Both ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes are divided into sub-categories depending on the mode of onset and location.
FAST recognition and do the following:
Stroke is a medical emergency, seek immediate care. The clock starts ticking with the onset of stroke. So we say “Time is brain (cells)! Time is heart (muscle)!”
Stroke Treatment
Treatment options for stroke vary depending on the type of stroke and include medications or interventional procedures. Procedures include mechanical thrombectomy, stents, surgery, coiling and clamping. Medications include anti-platelets and anti-coagulants, clot-buster drugs like Tissue Activator (tPA), statins that lower blood cholesterol and drugs that lower blood pressure.
Your progress will be closely monitored and accordingly rehabilitation therapies will be recommended. This includes physical therapy, speech therapy, cognitive therapy and relearning sensory skills.
Kauvery Hospital is globally known for its multidisciplinary services at all its Centers of Excellence, and for its comprehensive, Avant-Grade technology, especially in diagnostics and remedial care in heart diseases, transplantation, vascular and neurosciences medicine. Located in the heart of Trichy (Tennur, Royal Road and Alexandria Road (Cantonment), Chennai, Hosur, Salem, Tirunelveli and Bengaluru, the hospital also renders adult and pediatric trauma care.
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Strokes have become so common! Good info about the medical problem!
The questions that are needed for immediate diagnosis is included here. Thanks for creating the awareness.
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