STROKE
What causes stroke?
Stroke
occurs when there is interference in the amount of blood flowing to the brain,
that interference can be caused by the blockage or rupture of an artery
supplying blood to the brain, this hinders adequate supply of oxygen and
nutrients to the brain cells, also we can say that stroke occurs if the blood
supply to a certain parts of the brain is blocked, interrupted or reduced,
preventing brain tissue from getting oxygen and nutrients, brain cells begin to
die in soon.
Having
a stroke is very serious health problem as it can bring a life time infirmity
for example people who had stroke cannot speak well and some of them cannot
speak at all, they can move or do any vigorous activities and usually people
who got stroke have been affected only on one side of the body
What are the symptoms of stroke?
People
who are going to get stroke may experience the following
Lack
of the ability to speak and understand what other people are saying, also their
speech cannot be easily understood due to the fact that a lot of letters are
mixed randomly
People
with stroke symptoms could suddenly experience numbness or weakness especially
on one side of the body, abrupt confusion or trouble in understanding or speaking
unexpected
poor vision in one or both eyes, the person lose the ability to see clearly
what is in front of them, a suddenly blurred or blackened vision in one or both
eyes, or you may see double
paralysis
or numbness of the face, legs, arm and so on, a person may lose control over
one arm, or one leg try to do a little exercise of your arms or legs if you
feel that you cannot control one of your legs or arm then that mean you going
to have stroke, also lack the ability to hold your mouth together one side of
the mouth may drop when you try to smile.
The
person may experience severe headache, muscles pain also experiences sudden
dizziness, loss of balance, trouble when walking or poor body coordination.
What are the effects of stroke?
The
effect of stroke includes weakness of the body leading to difficulties in
movement and coordination between the body parts, it also can cause lack of
sensation on one side of the body, speech or language problem and loss of
memory
Other
effects include behavior changes, exhaustion and difficulty when swallowing,
lack of the ability to speak clearly
If
the person experiences the symptom of stroke they must immediately see the
doctor, sometimes these symptoms could be coming and go try to do body
exercise, speech practice, eyes challenges if you don’t get good response then
consult the doctor immediately and if you are living with someone that exhibit
those function then insist them to see a doctor.
There are two main causes of stroke
a blocked artery (ischemic stroke)
this
type of stroke is caused by the temporary disruption of the blood flow in the
body, the symptoms for this stroke does not last long, the blockage of the
artery cause severely reduced blood flow, Blocked or narrowed blood vessels can
be caused by fatty deposits in blood vessels or by blood clots or other debris
that moves through the stream of blood.
bursting of a blood vessel
(hemorrhagic stroke).
This
type of stroke occurs when a blood vessel in the brain leaks or ruptures. The
blood vessel bursting can result from many conditions that affect the blood
vessels.
How to prevent and control stroke
Avoid
obesity, obesity is to be avoided at any cost people who are obese may have
greater chance of getting stroke because of the accumulation of the fatty in
the blood vessel could lead to the blockage of those vessel which will end up
prevent the blood from flowing smoothly
Get
involved in exercise, set up aside time to do physical exercise for at least 20
to 30 minutes per day, physical exercise is the best way to allow the blood
vessels to stretch and move the blood quickly through it hence any blockage of
the blood vessel can easily be removed,
A
person may involve in anaerobic exercise like jumping, dancing, running, kick
box, riding bicycle, jogging and son on
Doing
Yoga practice also is one of the best way to remove chance to get stroke, yoga
exercise can include breathing exercise to control the blood flow throughout
the body also yoga exercise includes stretching of each parts of the body, this
can allow the easy flow of the blood throughout the body
Get
involve in vigorous exercise, to some days a person may not have time to do all
these exercise but they can engage themselves in the heart pumping activities
like digging, walking, sweeping, cleaning the house, painting the house,
watering flowers, doing some laundry and so on, these vigorous activities give
a person a chance to burn calories in the body and hence reduce the possibility
of getting any health complications
Avoid
taking alcohol and eating the foods with too much fat like meat, sausage,
butter and so on, alcohol is also said to increase excess calories in the body
which can then be accumulated in the blood vessels, but also alcohol is the
easiest way to get fat because people who consume alcohol can’t get full of it
since they go to pee all the time.
Have
a best eating habit, avoid food with too much sugar like chocolate, cakes,
candy and so these types of food will finally be converted into fat and then
stored in the body for the future usage but if the person has the habit of
eating most of the time then these stored fats will not be used but will only
be increase and after a while a person will get fat and weight more than before
FINAL THOUGHT
It
better to Stop smoking, maintaining blood pressure within the normal range and
exercising regularly, eating low fat diet and low salt diet can also help
minimize chances of getting stroke, whenever you see the symptoms of stroke
call the doctor immediately or go to the hospital to seek for help.