November 1, 2008
Stroke is various clinical signs
Ischemia or hematoma of the brain clinical signs will change. They depend on the vessel concerned and the area of the brain that irrigates the patient may have a slight disorder of consciousness or a deep coma, it can also present a headache (i.e. evil head) more or less severe with or without vomiting, paralysis of an entire side of the body, one side of the face, or only a portion of the body, blurred vision, an aphasia (i.e. disorders of the word) … Sometimes the signs are very discreet and fleeting as a slight disorder of movement, difficulty passing to use a hand … This is known as transient ischemic attack (TIA). This happens when the ship concerned irrigates a small area of the brain where the bleeding is small and quickly contained.
Cardiovascular risk factors
Stroke occurs more readily among people of a certain age, they are more frequently what the medical profession calls "cardiovascular risk factors." There are risk factors not changed: age, male gender, certain genetic predispositions, disease, … But also sometimes Risk Factors Modifiable: physical inactivity, overweight, smoking, but also of lipid disorders (too much cholesterol, for example), diabetes unbalanced, a poorly controlled hypertension…. A stroke occurring in a young person is very often the result of a ruptured aneurysm whose presence is due to a defect in the wall of the vessel.
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