how does somebody get stroke as a sickness?
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Causes\n\n  Ischemic stroke  \nA stroke is sometimes called a brain attack. The problem is with the amount of blood in your brain. The cause of one type of stroke — ischemic stroke — is too little blood in the brain. The cause of the other main type of stroke — hemorrhagic stroke — is too much blood within the skull.\n\nIschemic stroke\nAbout 80 percent of strokes are ischemic strokes. They occur when blood clots or other particles block arteries to your brain and cause severely reduced blood flow (ischemia). This deprives your brain cells of oxygen and nutrients, and cells may begin to die within minutes. The most common ischemic strokes are:\n\nThrombotic stroke. This type of stroke occurs when a blood clot (thrombus) forms in one of the arteries that supply blood to your brain. A clot usually forms in areas damaged by atherosclerosis — a disease in which the arteries are clogged by an accumulation of cholesterol-containing fatty deposits (plaques). This process can occur within one of the two carotid (kuh-ROT-id) arteries of your neck that carry blood to your brain, as well as in other arteries. An ischemic stroke may also be caused by plaques that completely clog or markedly narrow an artery. This narrowing is called stenosis. \nEmbolic stroke. An embolic stroke occurs when a blood clot or other particle forms in a blood vessel away from your brain — commonly in your heart — and is swept through your bloodstream to lodge in narrower brain arteries. This type of blood clot is called an embolus. It's often caused by irregular beating in the heart's two upper chambers (atrial fibrillation). This abnormal heart rhythm can lead to poor blood flow and the formation of a blood clot. \nHemorrhagic stroke\n"Hemorrhage" is the medical word for bleeding. Hemorrhagic stroke occurs when a blood vessel in your brain leaks or ruptures. Hemorrhages can result from a number of conditions that affect your blood vessels, including uncontrolled high blood pressure (hypertension) and weak spots in your blood vessel walls (aneurysms). A less common cause of hemorrhage is the rupture of an arteriovenous malformation (AVM) — a malformed tangle of thin-walled blood vessels, present at birth. There are two types of hemorrhagic stroke:\n\nIntracerebral hemorrhage. In this type of stroke, a blood vessel in the brain bursts and spills into the surrounding brain tissue, damaging cells. Brain cells beyond the leak are deprived of blood and are also damaged. High blood pressure is the most common cause of this type of hemorrhagic stroke. High blood pressure can cause small arteries inside your brain to become brittle and susceptible to cracking and rupture. \nSubarachnoid hemorrhage. In this type of stroke, bleeding starts in a large artery on or near the membrane surrounding the brain and spills into the space between the surface of your brain and your skull. A subarachnoid hemorrhage is often signaled by a sudden, severe "thunderclap" headache. This type of stroke is commonly caused by the rupture of an aneurysm, which can develop with age or result from a genetic predisposition. After a subarachnoid hemorrhage, vessels may go into vasospasm, a condition in which arteries near the hemorrhage constrict erratically, causing brain cell damage by further restricting or blocking blood flow to portions of the brain.
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There are no exceptions!!!!!!!!!! You need to go to the nearest emergency room IMMEDIATELY!!!! You could be having heart failure, and facial numbness suggest the possibility of a stroke. WOULD YOU RATHER DIE AT 28 OR GO TO A FREAKIN DOCTOR? And..... I'm a Christian, too, but Jesus did not say to not seek medical attention! Pray and believe, but go, NOW! LOG OFF NOW, AND GET TO A HOSPITAL!
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anemia, low red blood cell count, can aoude you to be tired. They carry your oxygen, hence less energy. Hypertension the "silent killer" can cause a stroke if not managed. Its silent as in you rarely have symptoms.
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You have to be careful taking herbal supplements.  They tried giving ginkoba to a bunch of elderly patients at a nursing home and it thins the blood which for them led to increased strokes!  The best thing to do is eat healthy, drink 8 glasses of water a day, and get a full nights sleep every night.  Also do things like crossword puzzles and stuff when you are sitting around the house.
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It is an illness, eating disorder. Your brain tells you to keep eating,all the time.You eat till you vomit & eat some more. Big weight gain, strain on heart. Strokes can also be a problem.
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NO MASSAGE!!!!!!!!!\n\nDONT massage!\nIf a blood cloth has formed and blocks the blood flow, a massage might losen it and it might move on and cause a stroke!\nGet into an upright positon (lean on desk/cruches) and see a doc!
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It is observed that patients with brain damage in one half of the brain, affects the opposite half of the body like in some stroke patients.\n\nA stroke is an illness in which part of the brain is suddenly severely damaged or destroyed. The result is loss of function of the affected part of the brain. It usually causes weakness, paralysis of the arm and leg on either the left or right side of the body, twisting of the face, and in some cases other effects which may include loss of balance, and difficulty in swallowing.\n\nIn very severe cases, there is a loss of consciousness or confusion of thought. The damage in the brain is caused by a blood clot or haemorrhage. If the clot is very big or if it affects a vital part of the brain, the patient may die. In less severe cases partial or complete recovery occurs.
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i highly suggest you consult a doctor instead of the internet for information like this. much of the prognosis of stroke depends on how focused and guided your rehabilitation program is.
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The heart is a muscle.Like most muscles in the body they need to be excercised regularily to perform at optimum levels.Lack of excercise combined with poor diet may lead to heart disease.As well the vascular system is basically the system that gets "sick" you get build up on the inside of your arteries that in turn increases your blood pressure.which in turn can put you at risk for all sorts of things like strokes and aneurisms.your heart needs to be fed as well and this is done by a series or blood vessel connected to the heart.If they become blocked you may have a heart attack which basically kills the tissue being deprived of blood.Regular excercise and a healthy diet increase your chances of good heart health.
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That would be called a heatstroke, correct?\n\nCalebsmom is correct, sort of. High blood pressure in the brain is not necessarily a case of hypertension and that is one of the problematic factors that make some strokes unpredictable.\n\nProblems that cause migraines also cause blood pressure problems in the brain without an exiting diagnosis of hypertension, because hypertension is not necessarily occurring to be measured in normal telemetry - migraines are vascular headaches. In fact, a person who often experiences migraines may have measured blood pressure that always seems normal or even possibly at a low level because of the vascular occurrences in the brain. Abnormal serotonin levels, either too high or too low, also can cause migraines, overheating, stroke and even comas (among other things).\n\nIt is never good for a brain to be overheated by any means, external or internal heat causes numerous problems including stroke, although it is true that not all strokes are caused by heat.
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I do.  And everyone else should, too.  And while you're at it, put in a plug for the symptoms of stroke, too, Pegasus90.  Nice job.  And nice question.  \n\nAnd by the way, check out the AHA.org website for the symptoms of heart attack and stroke and how to prevent them!!
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hi .. instead of getting useless worries why not have some simple knowledge about it .. \n\nSTROKE IDENTIFICATION: \n\nMy friend sent this to me and encouraged me to post it and spread the word, I agreed. If everyone can remember something this simple, we could save some folks. Seriously. please read: \n\nDuring a BBQ, a friend stumbled and took a little fall - she assured everyone that she was fine (they offered to call paramedics) and just tripped over a brick because of her new shoes. They got her cleaned up and got her a new plate of food - while she appeared a bit shaken up, Ingrid went about enjoying herself the rest of the afternoon. Ingrid's husband called later saying that his wife had been taken to the hospital and passed away. She had suffered a stroke at the BBQ. Had they known how to identify the signs of a stroke, perhaps Ingrid would be with us today. Some stroke victims don't die, they end up in a helpless, hopeless condition instead. \n\nIt only takes a minute to read this... \n\nA neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke victim within three hours he can totally reverse the effects of a stroke . . . totally. He said the trick was having a stroke recognized, diagnosed and then getting the patient medically cared for within three hours, which is tough. \n\nRECOGNIZING A STROKE \n\nThank God for the sense to remember the "3" steps. \n\nRead and Learn! \n\nSometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke victim may suffer severe brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of a stroke. \n\nNow doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three simple questions: \n\nS *Ask the individual to SMILE. \n\nT *Ask the person to TALK, \nto SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE. (Coherently) (i.e. . . It is sunny out today) \n\nR *Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS. \n\nNOTE: Another 'sign' of a stroke is this: Ask the person to 'stick' out their tongue. if the tongue is 'crooked', if it goes to one side or the other, that is also an indication of a stroke. \n\nhope it will help ..
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The number one cause of strokes is atherosclerosis (which is usually a result of improper diet...too fatty, too much cholesterol). \n\nFatty deposits and blood platelets collect on the wall of the arteries, forming plaques. The plaques begin to interfere with blood flow. The plaque itself may block the artery enough to cause a stroke.\n\nOften, the plaque causes the blood to flow abnormally, leading to a blood clot. A clot can stay at the site of narrowing and preventing blood flow to smaller arteries. (thrombus.) In other cases, the clot can travel and wedge into a smaller vessel. (embolism.)\n\nStrokes caused by embolism are most commonly caused by heart disorders and that embolism may start in a major blood vessel as it branches off the heart. A clot can also form elsewhere in the body for any number of reasons, and then travel to the brain, causing a stroke.
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You need to see a doctor, this could be a blood clot in your legs and if that breaks loose it could go to your brain and cause a stroke!!  Also  what these people are doing to you is called ABUSE. I would suggest talking to your doctor and explain your situation and see about getting some help. A.S.A.P
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the best thing to do would be to go to the hospital, if it is a stroke  have had the can give you medicine within the 1st twelve hours to reduce the severity of it! hope you feel well soon.
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A stroke, also known as cerebrovascular accident (CVA) occurs when the blood supply to the brain is disturbed in some way. As a result, brain cells are starved of oxygen causing some cells to die and leaving other cells damaged.\n\nThe presentation of the stroke depends on what part of the brain was affected. One site of  common strokes affects the left middle cerebral artery, often resulting in speech deficits and right hemiplegia (paralysis). \n\nI have worked with many people who have suffered from strokes - ranging from very mild to very severe.  Yes - it is possible to recover - like the others said with physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy (if there are speech, swallowing, or cognitive impairments). It depends on the severity of the stroke and the persons committment to work as to if they will recover.  I have worked with some who give it their all, and others who give up. \n\nGenerally, the most rapid amount of recovery occurs within the first three months.  After that, by the end of the first year after the stroke, the majority of function that returns is done.
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Bleeding in any artery has the potential to cause a stroke, as part of a healthy response to injury is blood clotting.  Unfortunately when this happens inside an artery the clot can cause a blockage which prevents oxygen traveling to the necessary parts of the brain.  If this is left unresolved for any period of time the areas without oxygen will die and the victim will experience symptoms of a stroke.