Infarction of that particular area or rupture of a previously diseased blood vessel leading to brain hemorrhage.
Major reason for stroke is altered lifestyle factors, few risk factors are not modifiable but many are modifiable, which indicates that stroke is a partially preventable disease.
Modifiable risk factors include
Non modifiable risk factors
Severe headache which may or may not be associated with vomiting
Weakness of one side of body or face
Difficulty in speaking
Difficulty in walking
Difficulty in seeing from one or both the eyes
Altered sensorium
Unconsciousness
In severe cases, Coma.
Diagnosis & Treatment of stroke
Stroke is an emergency situation which should not be taken lightly and the patient should be immediately rushed to the emergency room of the nearest hospital. The doctors in the emergency will then evaluate the patient and after doing proper emergency management would order some necessary investigations which include:
After proper evaluation and determining the type of stroke, the treatment is started which initially is usually medical management, but, if the infarct or brain haemorrhage is very large causing increase pressure in the brain, surgical intervention may become necessary, depending upon the general condition of the patient, to save the life.
Alchemist Hospital
Sector 21, Budanpur, Haryana 134112
Timings:
(OPD) Mon, Sun – 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
(Emergency) 24 hours & 7 days a week
Healing Hospital
SCO- 16-17- 18-19,
Sector 34 A, Chandigarh 160022
Timings:
Mon, Tue, Wed – 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM
Fri, Sat – 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM
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