Home Health Care and Reducing Stroke Risks The primary risk for stroke is high blood pressure. Secondary risks include age and gender. While age and gender cannot be controlled‚ high blood pressure can. According to the American Stroke Association‚ "the chance of having a stroke approximately doubles for each decade of life after age 55...Each year‚ women have more strokes than men‚ and stroke kills more women than men. Use of birth control pills‚ pregnancy‚ history of preeclampsia/eclampsia or
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Death Caused By Stroke Stroke defined by a medical encyclopedia‚ published in 2005‚ is an interruption of the blood supply to any part of the brain. A stroke is sometimes called a “brain attack”. The main prevention of stroke is the reduction of risk factors across the board‚ by public health measures such as smoking and the other behaviors that increase risk‚ such as alcohol consumption‚ hypertension‚ high cholesterol‚ heart disease and even diabetes. The encyclopedia is very effective and it
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Heart disease and stroke is primary cause of death‚ premature death‚ morbidity‚ disability‚ and years of possible life lost worldwide. The numerous conditions included in this term are the leading causes of disability‚ loss of productivity and deterioration in quality of life among both men and women. Stroke is a devastating illness that includes a extensive variety of pathophysiological conditions such as thrombosis‚ hemorrhage‚ and embolism. The current diagnosis of stroke relies on physician clinical
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Stroke contributes highly to the number of deaths and disability worldwide‚ current treatments are to treat the source of the clot or to administer treatment for a Hemorrahagic stroke but still the rates of unrecoverable brain damage occurring is high. However new research is being carried out into the effectiveness of Brain cooling as a potential procedure. Will this treatment be worthwhile and more effective than the current treatments? The Problem Every year approximately 150‚000 people
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6 STROKE ENGINE INTRODUCTION: Both two stroke and four stroke engine consumes more amount of fuel in which half of the energy goes waste as heat energy. Using SIX STROKE engine the heat energy is minimized to a greater extent by converting the heat energy into useful power stroke. ANALYSIS OF EVENT: EVENT 1: Pure air intake in the cylinder (dynamic event) 1) Intake valve. 2) Heating chamber valve. [pic] 3) Combustion chamber
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Some people think that the butterfly stroke looks like an easy swimming stroke with both arms coming out of the water at the same while gliding their body over the water‚ but they are wrong. It’s actually one of the most difficult strokes. When my heat of swimmers was called for the event of the 50 yard butterfly‚ I stood behind the start block getting ready to swim butterfly and to do my best. The announcer then gave us the signal to get up on the starting block. Once everyone was on the block they
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with some of the basic Biomechanics involved with a Table Tennis Stroke. It breaks down the stroke into three components. 1. Backswing 2. Contact with ball 3. Follow-through The Role of the Backswing Key elements for timing and power production. the back-swing plays the primary role within all stroke techniques. It sets the stage for power production as well as provides the key element in establishing the proper timing of the stroke. Basic Biomechanical Principals Involved 1. For efficient movement
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Chapter 58: Nursing Management: Stroke Test Bank MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. After a patient experienced a brief episode of tinnitus‚ diplopia‚ and dysarthria with no residual effects‚ the nurse anticipates teaching the patient about a. cerebral aneurysm clipping. b. heparin intravenous infusion. c. oral low-dose aspirin therapy. d. tissue plasminogen activator (tPA). ANS: C The patient’s symptoms are consistent with transient ischemic attack (TIA)‚ and drugs that inhibit platelet aggregation are prescribed
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CAN YOU DRIVE AFTER A STROKE? - WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW Driving offers a sense of control‚ freedom and independence‚ for this reason‚ a lot of people cannot wait to learn the skill. For people who have had stroke‚ the eagerness to begin driving again remains after their recovery. They crave the independence that driving represents and would rather be in control of their movements once again rather than relying on others for their transportation needs. A stroke affects the physical‚ mental and emotional
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anyone else have thought that this would happen to me‚ let alone any other 14 years matured. When I went through my stroke two years ago I had lost everything. There has never been any other time that has put me to the test‚ in the way that this had. When I finally made it through‚ even I was surprised by the amount of strength‚ courage‚ and persistence that I had given. After having a stroke the utmost common impairments are weakness on one side of the body‚ joint pain‚ muscle stiffness or spasms spasticity
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