Stroke: A Comprehensive Report on Symptoms, Causes, and Treatments

This report provides a comprehensive overview of stroke, a critical medical condition resulting from reduced blood flow to the brain. It begins with an introduction defining stroke and its two main types: ischemic and hemorrhagic. The report details common stroke symptoms, including speech difficulties, paralysis, and vision problems. It then explores the causes of stroke, including ischemic stroke, hemorrhagic stroke, and transient ischemic attacks (TIAs), followed by a discussion of various risk factors, such as lifestyle and medical conditions. The report outlines diagnostic methods like CT scans and MRIs, and then it details treatment options for both ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes, including medications and surgical interventions. The report concludes by summarizing the key points and referencing relevant sources.

STROKE

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 Introduction
 Symptoms of stroke
 Causes of stroke
 Risk factors of stroke
 Treatment of stroke
 Treatment of ischaemic stroke
 Treatment of haemorrhagic stroke
 Conclusion
 References

INTRODUCTION
 Stroke refers to a medical situation which includes poor blood
flow to the brain results in cell death.
 It involves he condition when blood supply to part of brain is
interrupted or reduced which is responsible for depriving brain
tissue or oxygen and nutrients.
 Moreover, stroke can be consider two types including ischaemic
and haemorrhagic depends upon the different symptoms.

Symptoms of stroke
 A stroke can be described as critical life threatening medical
condition which may create while blood supply to part of brain is
cut off.
 It can be consider as health care emergency and urgent treatment
is required to be carried out immediately for curing the stroke.

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 Firstly, it can include the trouble with speaking and
understanding of an individual.
 Secondly, it involves the condition of paralysis or numbness of
face, arm or leg in patient.
 Thirdly, it includes trouble while seeing in one or both eyes of
suffered person as they have blackened or blurred vision.

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Causes of Stroke
 These are:
 Ischaemic stroke
 Haemorrhagic stroke
 Transient ischaemic attack (TIA)

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RISK FACTORS OF STROKE
 It involves following factors:
 Lifestyle factors: This can be described as regular habits and
lifestyle activities of an individual on daily basis which impacts
on health.
 Medical factors: There are various medical situations which may
responsible for occurrence of stroke of an individual.

Treatment of Stroke
 Diagnosis is required to be carried out on an appropriate manner
to determine actual symptoms and cause of occurrence of the
same.
 It include several kinds of diagnosing activities including
physical examination, blood tests, computerized tomography
(CT) scan, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), carotid
ultrasound, cerebral angiogram and echocardiogram.

Treatments for Ischaemic Stroke
 This include Intravenous injection of tissue plasminogen activator
(tPA), Medications delivered directly to the brain and Removing
the clot with a stent retriever.
 However, these treatment practices are helpful for treating
ischaemic stroke in proper way including other procedures named
as Carotid endarterectomy, Angioplasty and Stents.

Treatment for Haemorrhagic Stroke
 This include several medicines like warfarin (Coumadin,
Jantoven) or anti-platelet drugs such as clopidogrel (Plavix)
which are helpful to prevent blood clots.
 It involves certain surgical methods for repairing blood vessel
including surgical clipping, coiling (endovascular embolization),
surgical AVM removal and stereotactic radiosurgery.