Risk Factors For Stroke
According to the centers of disease control and prevention, stroke is the third leading cause of death in the United States. Stroke occur when blood vessels carrying oxygen to the brain ruptures or is blocked by a clot. When oxygen and nutrients carried within blood are unable to reach the brain, the brain cells die.
There are three types of strokes: Ischemic, transient ischemic attack (TIA) and hemorrhagic. Ischemic stroke caused by chronic cholesterol deposits or atherosclerosis developing in a form of clot and block the vessel walls preventing blood vessel from supplying oxygen-enriched blood to the brain. Ischemic stroke is divided into two forms of stroke: embolic and thrombotic. Both embolic and thrombotic strokes are caused by a clot …show more content…
The main risk factor for stroke that could be controlled is high blood pressure. Other risk factors that could be controlled include diabetes caused when the body does not make or use insulin properly, heart diseases such as cardiomyopathy, coronary heart disease and heart failure, smoking which causes damage to blood vessels and raise blood pressure, alcohol and drug abuse, and obesity. Risk factors for stroke that cannot be controlled are age, gender, race, ethnicity, and heredity. The risk of having a stroke increases with age and men are more prone to have a stroke than women, while women are likely to die from a stroke. Race and ethnicity increases the chances of having a stroke. African Americans, American Indian, and Alaska Natives are more likely to have a stroke than Hispanics, Asian Americans and Caucasians. People who have a family history of stroke are at risk of having a …show more content…
Common symptoms of stroke incudes sudden numbness and weakness of leg, arm and face on one side of the body, face dropping, confusion, speech difficulty, dizziness, loss of balance and coordination, trouble with vision, and difficulty understanding words. Stroke symptoms also include abnormal sense of smell and taste and sudden severe headache with unknown causation. After stroke occurs, it can develop complications such as blood clots in veins of legs and other body parts, disabilities, muscle weakness, decreased muscle flexibility, problems with eating or drinking, body becomes immunocompromised, and loss of bladder or bowel control may occur after
There are three types of strokes: Ischemic, transient ischemic attack (TIA) and hemorrhagic. Ischemic stroke caused by chronic cholesterol deposits or atherosclerosis developing in a form of clot and block the vessel walls preventing blood vessel from supplying oxygen-enriched blood to the brain. Ischemic stroke is divided into two forms of stroke: embolic and thrombotic. Both embolic and thrombotic strokes are caused by a clot …show more content…
The main risk factor for stroke that could be controlled is high blood pressure. Other risk factors that could be controlled include diabetes caused when the body does not make or use insulin properly, heart diseases such as cardiomyopathy, coronary heart disease and heart failure, smoking which causes damage to blood vessels and raise blood pressure, alcohol and drug abuse, and obesity. Risk factors for stroke that cannot be controlled are age, gender, race, ethnicity, and heredity. The risk of having a stroke increases with age and men are more prone to have a stroke than women, while women are likely to die from a stroke. Race and ethnicity increases the chances of having a stroke. African Americans, American Indian, and Alaska Natives are more likely to have a stroke than Hispanics, Asian Americans and Caucasians. People who have a family history of stroke are at risk of having a …show more content…
Common symptoms of stroke incudes sudden numbness and weakness of leg, arm and face on one side of the body, face dropping, confusion, speech difficulty, dizziness, loss of balance and coordination, trouble with vision, and difficulty understanding words. Stroke symptoms also include abnormal sense of smell and taste and sudden severe headache with unknown causation. After stroke occurs, it can develop complications such as blood clots in veins of legs and other body parts, disabilities, muscle weakness, decreased muscle flexibility, problems with eating or drinking, body becomes immunocompromised, and loss of bladder or bowel control may occur after