Ischemic Stroke: Ischemic brain strokes are caused when the arteries carrying blood to your brain are either narrowed or blocked due to mostly a clot or thrombus, reducing blood supply to the brain. It is the most common type of brain strokes & occurs in 85 of the people reporting brain st...
1. Talk to your doctor about ways to prevent stroke A stroke occurs when a blood vessel that carries oxygen and nutrients to the brain is either blocked by a clot (ischemic stroke) or bursts (hemorrhagic stroke). When this happens, part of the brain cannot get the blood and ox...
Even if the symptoms pass before you take action, you should treat the TIA as a medical emergency. Get help right away, so that doctors can confirm the TIA and help you prevent a damaging stroke. You might, for example, get blood thinning drugs to reduce blood clotting or have a procedu...
Even if the symptoms pass before you take action, you should treat the TIA as a medical emergency. Get help right away, so that doctors can confirm the TIA and help you prevent a damaging stroke. You might, for example, get blood thinning drugs to reduce blood clotting or have a procedu...
Stroke: How to contain the damage When your patient suffers a stroke, you'll find yourself in a race to keep him alive and prevent the neurological damage from spreading. This first of two articles tells you how you can help stabilize the patient during the acute phase of the st...
How to prevent the occurrence of stroke? A reporter from People's Daily interviewed Professor Li Xin, Vice Dean of the Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University. Professor Li Xin introduced that stroke, commonly known as "stroke", is a sudden occurrence of cerebrovascular circulatory disorders...
A type of stroke, called an ischemic stroke, can also lead to a coma. This stroke occurs when an artery that supplies the brain with blood is blocked. The blockage starves the brain of blood and oxygen. If it is very large, the person can fall into a stupor or coma. In people with...
Craniectomy for acute ischemic stroke: How to apply the data to the bedside Merenda A,DeGeorgia M.Craniectomy for acute ischemic stroke:how to apply the data to the bedside.Current Opinion in Neurology. 2010... ADM Merenda - 《Current Opinion in Neurology》 被引量: 0发表: 2010年 Predictive...
My dad's mini-stroke—diagnosed in March 1997, at age 57, two years before his fall—was ischemic. He went to his doctor complaining of lack of balance and of weakness on his right side. An MRI scan revealed a "small infarct"—the stroke—in his left cerebellum, the part of the bra...
A stroke is a condition where the brain is suddenly deprived of blood, causing damage to the neurons, which need a constant supply of oxygen to maintain their function. This can cause severe brain damage. Answer and Explanation: In both an ischemic stroke and a hemorrhagic stroke, ...