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Q: Interrupted Blood Flow In the Brain

asked by: Astraion on July 9th, 2007

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Stroke is the nation’s third leading killer after heart disease and cancer. Each year about 600,000 Americans suffer a new or recurrent stroke and nearly 170,000 die from stroke.

A stroke occurs when a burst blood vessel or blood clot interrupts the flow of blood within a portion of a person’s brain. This interruption can cause paralysis on one side of the body, memory loss, trouble seeing, speaking or walking, or a combination of these symptoms.

When blood vessel damage or a blockage interrupts blood flow for more than several minutes, the injury becomes more severe as cells die in the stricken region of the brain. Parts of the body controlled by these cells cannot function, which can cause death.

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yogahoneybunny

replied on July 9th, 2007

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Is one stroke always necessarily followed by a second stroke?

Astraion

replied on July 24th, 2007

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yogahoneybunny wrote:

Is one stroke always necessarily followed by a second stroke?

Not always.
It's not 100% certain that one stroke will automatically be followed by others, the conditions which have caused the first - namely, weakness of an artery wall or blood-clotting - can sometimes not be reversed, and the risk persists, but it can be lessened if the patient does not smoke, is not overweight, does not take too much salt in his diet and, most important of all, has his blood pressure checked regularly and if it is too high, keeps it under control by treatment.

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