Sudden confusion, trouble speaking or understanding. Sudden trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination. Sudden, severe headache with no known cause. Sudden numbness or weakness of the face, arm or leg, especially on one side of the body. Stroke is a Medical Emergency If you think you or someone else is having a stroke, call immediately and note the time of when any of the symptoms first appear.
Tags Stroke Care. Related Resources. Could Your Diet Prevent a Stroke? Read More arrow-right. See All. Set My Location This setting allows you to view available services and providers associated with your preferred location. The study found that between and , the number of strokes in people between the ages of 15 and 44 increased by as much as 53 percent.
Regardless of a patient's age, most strokes about 85 percent are ischemic strokes, in which an artery that carries blood to the brain becomes blocked, usually by a clot.
Without normal blood flow, the brain is robbed of oxygen — and the longer it goes without oxygen, the more it's damaged. If patients arrive at the hospital soon enough, doctors can give them drugs called tissue plasminogen activators tPA to break up the clots and restore blood flow.
In some cases, surgery is necessary. If the clot is in a carotid artery — the large arteries on the sides of the neck — we may need to perform a carotid endarterectomy to remove plaque from the artery, or angioplasty, in which we use a balloon to widen the artery and often insert a stent to keep it open and restore unrestricted blood flow.
We also perform surgery for hemorrhagic strokes, which occur when an artery in the brain ruptures or leaks blood directly into the brain. The good news is, there are treatment options for stroke. The bad news is, unless you know what to look for and get medical attention immediately, doctors may never have the chance to help.
The American Heart Association has an easy way for you to remember the early warning signs of a stroke so that you can act " F. F ace drooping. But since I was taken to the hospital so quickly, doctors were able to intervene and prevent permanent damage to my memory and motor skills. On my road to recovery, I had surgery to fix my PFO and doctors put me on a daily cholesterol medicine. I went to rehab and later speech therapy. By September, I had been released from the hospital and was able to return to work as a publicist for a restaurant and hospitality business.
I still have trouble recalling certain words sometimes and have to describe what I want to say. As for my eyes, I woke up one day and they had just gone back to normal. My boyfriend and I have started talking about getting married and possibly having kids.
We just need a plan set in stone so you can have a safe and healthy pregnancy. But it also causes destructive changes in the blood vessels throughout the body, including the brain.
Also, if blood glucose levels are high at the time of a stroke, then brain damage is usually more severe and extensive than when blood glucose is well-controlled. Hypertension is common among diabetics and accounts for much of their increased stroke risk.
Treating diabetes can delay the onset of complications that increase the risk of stroke. Some of the most important risk factors for stroke can be determined during a physical exam at your doctor's office. If you are over 55 years old, the worksheet in this pamphlet can help you estimate your risk of stroke and show the benefit of risk factor control. Working with your doctor, you can develop a strategy to lower your risk to average or even below average for your age.
Many risk factors for stroke can be managed, some very successfully. Although risk is never zero at any age, by starting early and controlling your risk factors you can lower your risk of death or disability from stroke. With good control, the risk of stroke in most age groups can be kept below that for accidental injury or death. Americans have shown that stroke is preventable and treatable. In recent years, a better understanding of the causes of stroke has helped Americans make lifestyle changes that have cut the stroke death rate nearly in half.
Scientists at the NINDS predict that, with continued attention to reducing the risks of stroke and by using currently available therapies and developing new ones, Americans should be able to prevent 80 percent of all strokes. This example helps you assess your risk of stroke.
Tally your points to score your stroke risk over the next 10 years. Martha, age 65, wanted to determine her risk for having a stroke, so she took this stroke risk profile. This is how she arrived at her year probability risk for having a stroke:. Interpretation: 15 points carries a 16 percent, year probability of having a stroke. If Martha quits smoking she can reduce her points to 12, which carries a 9 percent, year probability of having a stroke.
Her current point total does not mean Martha will have a stroke, but serves as a wake-up call to ways she can lower her risk or even prevent a stroke.
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