Stroke risk: by Dwayne Domond Strokes are sometimes called brain attacks because of their similarity
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are many risk factors associated with stroke. The more risk factors a person has‚ the greater the chance that he or she will have a stroke. Some of these you have no control of‚ such as increasing age‚ family health history‚ race and gender. But you can change or treat most other risk factors to lower your risk. The chance of having a stroke more than doubles every decade after the age of 55. The chance is greater in people who have a family history of stroke. African Americans have a much higher
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GAME ENGINES Game engines are collections of modules of simulation code that developers come up with to create and develop video games. They offer a software setup that handles sound‚ 2D or 3D graphics‚ language (more often known as scripting)‚ artificial intelligence‚ memory management‚ streaming‚ threading‚ generic physics and/or dynamics for the gaming environment among others. The game engines have not always been here; their development has progressed with time and with them come various factors
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Stroke Awareness Outcome1: Know what stroke is. 1. Identify the changes in the brain associated with stroke. Changes in the brain will be that some parts are not getting the blood supply which then leads to dead tissue causing a form of disability depending on the area of the brain affected. 2. Outline other conditions that may be mistaken for stroke. Postictal state – happens after a seizure. Hypoglycemia – blood sugars drop‚ which can cause body paralysis‚ however a person with this will
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Post-Stroke Rehabilitation Stroke‚ if survived‚ is the largest cause of long-term disabilities in the United States. Nearly 160‚000 Americans have strokes every year‚ killing one of three individuals (reference?). Due to our nation’s ageing population‚ the stroke epidemic is expected to increase nearly 25% by year 2030 (Brewer‚ 2012). These stroke-related disabilities impact the survivor’s quality of life and independence in everyday activities. Nearly 50% to 75% of all stroke survivors have residual
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Stroke is Australia’s single greatest killer and a leading cause of disability. Stroke is a serious and deadly condition involving cerebral circulation within the brain and can seriously affect a person maintaining a safe environment‚ communication and mobility as well as other activities of living. The case of Mr Shaw‚ a 73 year old male admitted to the stroke unit of his local hospital following a left sided ischaemic stroke is presented in this essay. The ischaemic stroke has left Mr Shaw with
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Definition of the health condition Stroke also known as a cerebral vascular accident (CVA) is the disruption of blood supply which damages the brain and causes sudden onset of neurological deficits (Lundy-Eckman‚ 2013). Classification of the health condition: Strokes are classified by two broad categories‚ hemorrhage and ischemia which differ by the incident of the cerebral blood flow. Hemorrhage stroke is characterized by a rupture or leaking of a cerebral artery causing damage to the surrounding
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Summary Heat stroke is defined by Knochel and Ouchama (2002‚ p. 1978) as “a core body temperature that rises above 40°C (105°F) and that is accompanied by hot‚ dry skin and central nervous system abnormalities such as delirium‚ convulsions‚ or coma.” Heat stroke can be the result of either exposure to a high environmental temperature or from an elevated core temperature due to strenuous exercise. However‚ due to the presentation of an ‘unconscious unknown’ the diagnosis of heat stroke can be a difficult
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Stroke 1 Stroke Strokes have been around for thousands of years. Hippocrates recognized and described what we now call strokes as the onset of sudden paralysis. In ancient times stroke was called apoplexy and this term was applied to anyone who suddenly became struck down with paralysis. Physicians during that time knew very little about stroke and the only thing that could be done for the condition was to feed and care for the patient. "The first person to investigate apoplexy was a Swiss scientist
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will address the medical condition known as a Stroke‚ it will explain the condition itself in along with methods of prevention‚ treatment and its prevalence in Australian and American society. There are many types of strokes along with multiple types of treatment and ways they can be prevented. Prevalence of the condition varies in different countries mostly due to lifestyle choices and ethnicity. Description and Definition of the condition A stroke is often described as a brain attack‚ it occurs
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