Overview
When someone experiences a stroke, there is a moment when the brain does not get any oxygen, which can lead to long-lasting effects that are very prominent signs that someone is experiencing a stroke. The reason this leads to long-lasting effects is that oxygen helps the brain cells live and if you take away from one ability to breathe their cells will start slowly die off. Strokes are usually caused by outside factors (lifestyles) or health complications that can be heredity or ethnicity-related.
Causes, Remedies, and precautions
Some lifestyles that lead to a stroke are being overweight, little to no physical activity, and always heavy alcohol use. As well as some medical risk that can increase the chance of a stroke is high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, or a family history of stroke. Many other factors could cause a stroke like age, race or ethnicity, and hormones.
A nonmomic that helps to know if someone is having a stroke is a FAST. Which stands for Face, have the person smile, and if they are lope-sided that is a sign. This happens because the facial muscle not being controlled by the specific part of the brain that controls these muscles. The second sign is arms do both arms move upward, Speech are they speaking slurred or in a different language, Time make sure you are marking the time so that way you can tell the 911 how long they have been like this.
Some complications can be paralyzing because that part of the part of the brain that is charged with the body’s function dies because of the loss of oxygen. The brain cells cannot regulate, leading to many problems that can change the entire body’s function. Trouble talking or swallowing makes it very hard to talk clearly, as well as understand speech, reading, or writing. Another effect is a change in behavior and self-care which means they need help with daily grooming and chores.
Ways you can prevent this from happening is to control high blood pressure so you can reduce that amount of pressure on your heart. Control how much-saturated fats are in your diet to reduce buildup in your arteries. Exercising regularly can burn all those calories that could contribute to the possibility of having a stroke.
Other Facts
In the United States strokes are the 5th leading cause of death, which can reflected in the amount of food consumption. Three different types of strokes can be reflected in the damage that can be inflicted. Strokes can change a person’s entire life because recovery from a stroke is a lifelong process.
Interesting News
About two million brain cells die every minute during a stroke. That is why it is so important to record the time to gain an understanding of the measure of the amount of damage that may have happened.
Resource I used and where you can learn more
Source:https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/stroke/symptoms-causes/syc-20350113
https://www.bellavistahealth.com/blog/2019/2/6/interesting-facts-and-statistics-about-strokes