| A stroke, medically known as cerebra-vascular | | | | problems with judgment or memory. |
| accident (CVA), is the disruption of blood flow to | | | | 5. Difficulty coordinating daily tasks including: |
| the brain or in some parts of it, causing the | | | | walking, balancing or moving. |
| impairment of brain cells. In the event of a stroke, | | | | 6. Inability to speak or write |
| blood carrying oxygen and glucose cannot be | | | | 7. Vertigo and dizziness |
| delivered to the brain. A stroke can cause | | | | 8. Double vision |
| permanent neurological complications and death. It | | | | Sometimes a stroke has symptoms of a |
| is the leading cause of adult disability thus getting | | | | headache, more so, when the headache is all at |
| warned by knowing the symptoms of a stroke is | | | | once severe. Seek the counsel of a doctor to |
| vital. | | | | check whether a bleeding in the brain is present. |
| The blockage of an artery by a blood clot is the | | | | Severe headache are closely examined for the |
| most common cause of a stroke. A clot is | | | | presence of blood clot in the brain and nearby |
| formed when a small blood vessel within the brain | | | | areas. |
| has been narrowed due to a many triggers such | | | | The severity of a stroke depends on the |
| as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes | | | | affected part of the brain. For strokes that affect |
| and toxic substances from smoking. | | | | areas of the brain that are minimally used or have |
| Another type of stroke happens when a blood | | | | less brain activity, mostly the symptoms are mild |
| clot or cholesterol and calcium deposits on the wall | | | | and unnoticeable. On the contrary, strokes that |
| inside the heart or artery flow through open | | | | affects areas of the brain that are primarily used |
| arteries and end up in an artery of the brain. This | | | | or optimally functioning, devastating and |
| type of stroke is called an embolic stroke. | | | | uncomfortable symptoms and effects. |
| To save your life from the irreversible effects of | | | | The best way to prevent a stroke is to check |
| a stroke here are some symptoms of a stroke: | | | | the possibility of having ahead of time. Observe |
| 1. Loss of sensation of paralysis on one side of | | | | and measure the frequency of experiencing one |
| the body. | | | | or more symptoms of a stroke. Check your |
| 2. Difficulty understanding and communicating | | | | medical history and avoid the risk factors that |
| language. | | | | may trigger it. When you feel these sign, do a |
| 3. Trouble with visual perception which may | | | | blood pressure reading daily and consult your |
| include blurry vision. | | | | doctor. |
| 4. Impaired cognitive functioning that may include | | | | |