Sunday, August 8, 2010

Symptoms of a Stroke

     The symptoms of a stroke is usually appear suddenly, and always be treated as a medical emergency.       These include the sudden onset of any of the following:
   - The weakness of the face, arm or leg on one side of body
   - Numbness in the face, arm or leg on one side of body
   - Inability to understand spoken language
   - Inability to speak
   - Inability to write
   - Vertigo and / or imbalance of gait
   - Double vision
   - A strong headache and unusual
     Symptoms of a stroke start suddenly because they are caused by a sudden interruption of blood flow to an area of the brain. When this happens it only takes a few seconds for the brain to stop functioning. Only a small proportion of strokes produce headache symptoms. However, the sudden onset of severe headache make doctors suspect a bleeding within the brain. Due to the high risk of death in these cases, people entering the emergency room complaining of severe headaches are quick to detect the presence of blood in the brain.
     Whether or not the symptoms of a stroke is permanent depends on the length of the affected part of the brain is without blood flow. While the events of poor blood flow, or ischemia, lead to a full recovery, and events can leave permanent deficits. The severity of stroke symptoms varies depending on the part of the brain that is affected. For example, strokes affecting the brain areas that have minimal importance in the daily activity of the brain, usually produces mild symptoms or undetectable. By contrast, stroke affecting the brain areas that are of overriding importance in the daily brain activity causes the most debilitating symptoms and remarkable.
     For example, stroke affecting one area of the brain smell rarely cause identifiable symptoms. Conversely stroke affecting one of the language areas of the brain almost always do. For the most part, the left brain controls the right side of the body, while the right brain controls the left side of the body. When a blood vessel that carries blood to a specific part of the brain is blocked, only the part of the brain where the blood vessel affected. This causes the symptoms on the opposite side of the body.
     The sooner we come to the emergency room the better the chances are that you will receive a treatment that can reduce and even reverse the long-term career. After calling the ambulance to prepare to answer the following questions, which help doctors select the best treatment:
     What time did your symptoms start?
     What is your complete medical history? Have you ever had a stroke? Have you had bleeding within the brain?
     Do you have any metal inside your body? (this is important to decide if your head can be imaged with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as the MRI machine has a powerful magnet. articles of base metal within the body of the people include pacemakers, artificial joints, treatments dental, and even bullet fragments)
     What medications and supplements you take regularly?
     Do you have a bleeding disorder? It is very important to be aware in symptoms of a stroke for early management and prevention of more serious complications.

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