Medical Care For Stroke Victims

Overview Of A Stroke

• A stroke is a severe, dangerous medical condition that takes place when the blood supplied to the brain is stopped.
• Strokes are a medical crisis and vital treatment is necessary because the sooner a casualty gets treatment for a stroke, the less harm is likely to occur.
• If you notice that you or somebody else is suffering from a stroke, call the EMS straight away and request an ambulance.
  

  A stroke is a severe, dangerous medical condition that takes place when the blood supplied to the brain is stopped.

Symptoms Of A Stroke

The key symptoms of stroke can be recalled with the acronym FAST: Face-Arms-Speech-Time.

• Face – the face might have fallen on one side, the casualty might not be able to talk or their mouth or eye might have dropped.
• Arms – the casualty with an assumed stroke might not be able to move the arms due to weakness or lack of feeling in the arms.
• Speech – their speech might be inaudible or distorted, or the casualty might not be able to talk at all although they appear to be awake.
• Time – it is time to phone the EMS straight away if you see any of these symptoms.

Treatment Of Strokes

• Treatment is subject to the type of stroke you experienced, including which section of the brain sustained damaged.
• In most instances, strokes are treated with pills. This usually includes medications to stop and eliminate blood clots, decrease blood pressure and decrease cholesterol levels.
• In some circumstances, surgery might be necessary to treat brain inflammation and decrease the risk of additional bleeding in instances of haemorrhagic strokes.

Preventing A Stroke

• You can considerably decrease your possibility of having a stroke through a healthy routine, such as eating a nutritional diet, doing consistent exercises, drinking alcohol with restraint and trying not to smoke.
• Reducing cholesterol levels and high blood pressure with pills also decreases the possibility of stroke considerably.

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