Stroke Disease
A Stroke or Cerebrovascular accident (CVA) or Brain Attack is a clinical syndrome characterized by an acute loss of focal brain function lasting more than 24 hours or leading to (earlier) death, which is thought to be due to either spontaneous hemorrhage into or over the brain substance (primary intracerebral hemorrhage or subarachnoid hemorrhage respectively – Hemorrhage stroke) or inadequate blood supply to a part of the brain as a result of low blood flow, thrombosis or embolism associated with diseases of the blood vessels, heart or blood (Ischemic stroke).
Transcient Ischemic Stroke (TIA) is a mini stroke. The symptoms of TIA, and it’s causes are the same like Ischemic Stroke. However, The symptoms of abnormal function of part of body and brain recover completely within 24 hours. This is because the blockage of artery clears itself very quickly, before the ischaemic brain tissue has died. TIA are important because they notify people that they are at increased risk of a future stroke and heart attack. But, with appropriate treatment their risk of having major disabling or fatal stroke pr heart attack can be reduced.
Ischemic Stroke occurs when blood vessels that supplies blood to the brain is blocked. This may happen in two ways which are Embolic Stroke and Thrombotic Stroke. Firstly, a blood clot or plaque fragment forms somewhere in the body and moves through the bloodstream to the brain. Once in the brain, the clot blocks the blood vessels and leads to a stroke. This is called Embolic Stroke. Secondly, it is called Thrombotic stroke where a blood clot that does not travel but form inside an artery that supplies blood to the brain. The clot may interrupt the blood flow and caused a stroke.
Several diseases can cause Ischemic Stroke. The most problem is narrowing of the arteries in the neck or head. This is most often caused by atherosclerosis, or gradual cholesterol deposition. If the arteries become too narrow, blood cells may collect and form blood clots. These blood clots can block the artery where they are formed thrombosis, or can dislodge and become trapped in arteries closer to the brain called embolism. Another cause of stroke is blood clots in the heart, which can occur as a result of irregular heartbeat, heart attack or abnormalities of the heart valves. These are the most common causes of Ischemic Stroke. It can be also happened due to use of street drugs, traumatic injury to the blood or disorder blood clotting.
Next is Hemorrhagic Stroke . It is a stroke caused by a blood vessel in the brain that burst and spills blood into the brain. This Stroke can happen in three ways, which are Intracerebral Hemorrhage, Aneurysm and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Firstly, Intracerebral Hemorrhage, caused when a burst blood vessel bleeds into the brain. Hypertension is the most common cause of this type of stroke. This bleeding causes brain cells to die and part of the brain where this occurs no longer works correctly. Next, Aneurysm, is a weak spot of an artery wall that may balloon out, forming a thin-walled bubble. As it gets bigger, it can burst leaking blood into or outside of the brain. Lastly, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, a blood vessel burst near the surface of the brain and blood pours into the area around the outside of the brain. This bleeding may increase pressure in brain, injuring brain cells. There are several ways on preventing stroke disease . Moreover, it is important for us to know how to prevent stroke.
Know your blood pressure. If it is high, work with your doctor to lower it. High blood pressure or hypertension is one of the most common causes of stroke. Our blood pressure is expressed in two numbers, for example 120/80. For people over 18 years old, good blood pressure is considered lower than 120/80. A blood pressure reading consistently higher than 120/80, up to 139/89, is considered prehypertension. High blood pressure is measurement of 140/90 and higher. Have your blood pressure checked yearly by a doctor, at health fairs, at home with an automatic blood pressure machine or at your local pharmacy or supermarket.
Next, find out if you have atrial fibrillation (Afib). If you do, work with your doctor to manage it. Afib is an irregular heartbeat that changes how your heart works and can cause blood to pool in parts of your heart. This blood can form clot and cause a stroke. Your doctor can often tell you if you have Afib by carefully checking your pulse or by running medical tests such as electrocardiogram. If you have Afib, your doctor may choose to lower your risk for stroke by having you take medicines. Besides, If you smoke, stop! By smoking you may double the risk for stroke. If you stop smoking today, your risk for stroke will immediately begin to drop. Within five years of quitting, your stroke risk may be the same as that of someone who never smoked.
We also must include exercise in daily routine. Even a little bit of exercise such as brisk walk, bicycle ride, swim or yard work can improve your health and may reduce your stroke risk. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, adults should perform moderate physical activities for at least 30 minutes for five more days a week. Before starting a vigorous exercise program, check with your daughter.
Next, enjoy a lower-salt and lower fat diet. By cutting down on salt and fat in your diet, you may lower your blood pressure and, more importantly, lower your risk to stroke. Try to eat a balanced diet each day, with plenty of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and a moderate amount of protein.
Know your cholesterol number. If it is high, work with your doctor to control it. Lowering your cholesterol may reduce your risk for stroke. Having high cholesterol puts you at greater risk for heart disease, which can increase your stroke risk. Combine HIGH-Density Lipoprotein (HDL) and Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol should fall below 200. Often, high cholesterol can be controlled with diet and exercise, some people may need medicine.
Moreover, you can ask your doctor if you have circulation problems that increase your stroke risk. If so, work with your doctor to control them. A build-up of fatty deposits can block the arteries, which carry blood from your heart to the brain. If left untreated, this blockage can cause stroke. You can be tested for this problem by your doctor. Doctor can listen to your arteries, just like they listen to your heart, or look at pictures of your arteries with the help of medical equipment. Circulation problem can usually be treated with medicines. If your doctor prescribes medicine, take it exactly as recommended.
Prevent before it’s too late. Any signs that could lead to stroke, must be take it seriously and try to see the doctor to know how to work on it.
Here are true story of Taylor and Teddy Buschi who survived Stroke once and how they recover from that disease.
Jilt Bolte Taylor , author of My Stroke of Insight, share her own story and journey when she was having stroke once before. She was a 37 years old Harvard-trained and published brain scientist when a blood vessel exploded in the left side of her brain. A neuroanatomist by profession, she observed her own mind completely deteriorate to the point that she could not walk, talk, read, write or recall any of her life, all within the space of four brief hours. As the damaged left side of her brain, the rational, grounded, detail and time-oriented side, swung in and out of function. Taylor alternated between two distinct and opposite realties: the euphoric nirvana of the intuitive and kinesthetic right brain, in which she felt a sense of complete well-being and peace; the logical, sequential left brain, which recognized Taylor was having a stroke, and enabled her to seek help before she was lost completely.
It takes eight years for Taylor to heal completely. Because of knowledge of how the brain works, her respect for the cells composing her human form, and most of all an amazing mother, Taylor completely repaired her mind and recalibrated her understanding of the world according to the insight gained from her right brain that morning of December 10th.
Today Taylor convinced that the stroke was the best thing that could have happened to her. It has taught her that the feeling of nirvana is never more than a mere thought away. By stepping to the right of our left brains, we can all uncover the feeling of well being and peace that are so often sidelined by our own brain chatter.
Another patient of Stroke is Teddy Bruschi , an athlete. Ten days after helping the New England Patriots win the 2005 Super Bowl, 31-year-old middle linebacker Bruschi suffered a debilitating stroke that left his future uncertain. Initially he planned to retire, but as he began to recover, a process that included surgery to repair the hole in his heart that precipitated the stroke, the lure of football beckoned. Bruschi learned much about stroke from doctors who treated him and cleared him to play again. After serious disagreement with his wife, he won her support for his return to the game only eight and a half months after suffering the stroke. His comeback initially met with much skepticism from the media and fans alike, but Bruschi writes that he was determined to overcome the obstacles thrown up by those ignorant of strokes. He also found a new audience of fans: stroke survivors across the country, many who wrote him letters in support. Bruschi, who went on to play the 2005 and 2006 seasons, is planning to be in the lineup this season as well and is now a spokesman for the American Stroke Association. His story is a compelling and convincing one that will appeal to both football fans and those affected by strokes. There are a few of scholar that master in studies of brain. We could see their perspective on stroke and brain that are importance organ in our body.
Liu Zhi was a well known Muslim scholar in the early Qing Dynasty. In his study of the brain, he made two notable contributions. The first was his explication of the central regulation by the brain. He speculated that all the perceptual and interior organs could each give rise to a special psychological function, but the brain’s function was to regulate all organs, specifically in two ways. One way was to store physical and perceptual objective as formless abstract objects, transforming what is heard, seen, and perceived through the tactile sense into what could be stored in the brain. The other way was to interconnect the concrete with the formless or the abstract; that is, the channels in the brain are interconnected with all the sense organs and perceptual motor organs. The second contribution he made was his articulation in specifying the location of various brain functions. He believed that perceptual synthesis and cognitive abilities are all functions of the brain. He pinpointed five location on the brain as the loci of the perceptual and cognitive functions.
From the point of view Al Ruhawi , an Islamic Scholar, The first organ with which he is concerned is the brain because of its prime importance. He states; It has feeling and the notion of movement. Without the nerves and parts of the brain where there are sensitive faculties. He also said that we must make sure our brain in perfect condition to avoid brain diseases. Wang Qingren was a Chinese medical doctor in the mid-Qing Dynasty. He was best known for his theorization of brain functions based on anatomic analysis of the brain, sense, organs and limbs, in addition to his close observation of patient. Based on these anatomic analyses, his brain central theory offered a comprehensive description of psychological activities of his day.
Reviewing various Chinese concepts of the brain since the era of Spring and Autumn, Wang Qingren critiqued that the heart was the center of thoughts and feelings, and advanced the proposition that intellect and memory are brain-based. He begin explaining the structure of the brain. He described pathways by which the ear, eye, mouth, and nose were connected to the brain and by which regulated the sense organ.
Wang also delineated how brain disease could bring about psychological illness, His first-hand observation of stroke patients’ sense organ allowed him to suggest that the two hemisphere of the brain had different functions. This interpretation led to his view that the ceasing of all brain activities marked one death.
Judging from the twelve volume of Aristotle’s complete work, “ a better translation of psyche would appear to be mind” . The major reason Aristotle does not make clear that his primary interest is in mind instead of religion as we presently understand these term is because during his age no one understood the role of brain in mental activity. In fact, the brain in Ancient Greece was believed to be merely an agent cooling for the blood, which was thought to be heated by the heart. The idea of the time was mental activity suffers when the brain fails in its presumed cooling function, and this is how damage from blows to the head was explained in ancient time.
However, even though Aristotle’s anatomy and physiology are wrong regarding the brain, there seems to be no doubt that he is writing about the nature of mind. From my point of view, Stroke or Brain Attack could suffer by a person when he or she care less on their life’s routine and what they take daily. This most important thing on a person, they need to observe their level of stress. Hypertension is the main reason that people could suffer on stroke. Brain is the important part in our body that controls our movement.
Besides, people who smoking are people who easily to suffer from stroke. That’s why smoking is not good and should be avoid by everyone. Last but not least, people nowadays refuse to go outside and have a chill time outside. Exercise must be included in everyone’s life so that we can reduce the risk of having stroke.
Because of that, people must observe on what they are going to take and practice a healthy lifestyle.
As a conclusion, it is very difficult to regenerate brain cells when they have died. There has been a lot of work done in this area and there are glimmers of hope. Strokes damage brain cells and the amount of damage and the severity can vary enormously. At one extreme it could be physical movement affected, but at the other memory and reasoning are lost. The final danger will always be the death of the victim from the effects of the stroke. Is it you?
Keep calm! If you think you are having a stroke then you need emergency medical help now to limit the long-term effects of the stroke on your brain. You may not be understood if you call for emergency help. Your friends, family or co-workers may not understand you but it is urgent to get help now. Realize that once you have had one stroke then there is a danger that you will have another. Even if the first stroke was a warning or a mini-stroke they can never be taken lightly as the next one may be far more serious. Get medical help and get it now. Is it a friend, family member or co-worker? Maybe you don't recognize the symptoms. Maybe someone else has had a stroke but the symptoms may be completely different this time. One may have been paralyzed down one side, another may lose feeling or be unable to understand or speak properly. Get properly qualified help now.
A first aider should recognize the symptoms and call for emergency help. If there is no first aider immediately available then call for the ambulance or paramedics yourself. Do not delay as the delay may be fatal. With someone having a stroke every 3-4 minutes in the US and every 5 minutes in the UK the likelihood is that this is a stroke and they need urgent medical help. The long haul starts here. It will take time to recover.
For people who survived the stroke, in the vast majority of cases, you will walk and talk and smile again. It may not be as good as you want it but you can work within those limitations and seek to limit the dangers of having another stroke by stopping smoking, changing your diet and getting exercise. If you are a smoker you are probably saying it is time all these do-gooders shut up and stopped nagging me to stop smoking. I enjoy it and I am not going to stop. Then realize that you have decided to put yourself in danger and see where it takes you. Your family is concerned for you and to clean up your clothes and their atmosphere.
All of us can benefit from more exercise and a better diet. You should be eating less fats and far more healthy food. So take the right steps now to limit the danger to yourself and your family. If you or a member of your family suffers a stroke then you realize just how devastating it can be to suffer with it. Take the right steps now to limit your danger of being the next victim.
By reading stroke’s patient story either who survived or still having stroke, might help us to feel grateful for not having this kind of disease. As a person who having stroke, the affected area of brain cannot function, which might result inability to move one or more limbs on one side of the body, inability to understand or formulate speech, or an inability to see one side of the visual field. A stroke is a medical emergency can cause permanent neurological damage, complications and death. Besides, stroke is a second leading cause of death in worldwide. That is why people need to know how to avoid from suffer stroke and practice a healthy living lifestyle.
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