Stroke: Symptoms And Preventive Measures To Take
Smiling, raising both arms and saying a short and sweet sentence like ‘I love you’…These things can actually be done effortlessly, but for a certain group of people, doing these things can be much harder than we thought. They are the people who are diagnosed with one of the diseases that can strike at anytime and anywhere…stroke.
There are two ways that a stroke can strike on you. One is when the blood circulation is blocked either by blood clots or contracted blood vessels, which will lead to ischemic stroke. The other is when one of the blood vessels rip apart, leading to hemorrhagic stroke. Stroke can arise due to insufficient nutrient absorption by the brain cells, which can cause them to die and result in unstable and diminishing sensory and thinking, loss of sight, and obscurities in speaking and moving.
People with health complications like high blood pressure and diabetes, as well as smokers and alcoholics, are more likely prone to this disease.
Henceforth, we ought to educate ourselves not only on the causes of stroke, but also, the symptoms and the essential ways to prevent ourselves from it.
Let us recognize the common symptoms of stroke:
1. Your leg, arm or face begins to feel anesthetized. You cannot feel anything when someone touches you on any of those parts of your body. This feeling usually occurs on one side of the body.
2. You begin to have difficulties comprehending and speaking articulately.
3. Your vision darkens bit by bit, either on one or both eyes.
4. You abruptly suffer from headache, not knowing the reason behind it.
5. Your body feels unhinged and you begin to feel giddy.
With that in mind, we should take preventive measures so that we would not be at risk of getting stroke. Here are the following steps that you can take to get yourself protected from it:
1. Maintain your blood pressure at a favorable level. Do go for checkups as regularly as you can and seek for ways to lower your blood pressure if need be. Reducing of blood pressure can cut down on the risk of getting stroke.
2. Quit smoking. Refraining from cigarettes can prevent you from getting stroke too easily.
3. Exercise frequently, because it can make way for better blood circulation and strengthen our heart. It can also help to burn the fats and calories in our body and reduce some weight as well. On the other hand, do not exercise too vigorously. Carry out reasonable forms of exercises like walking, cycling and swimming.
4. Improve on your eating habits by incorporating more fruits and vegetables in your diet. Juices are also an ideal alternative as long as they are freshly peeled.
5. Manage your diabetes if you are diagnosed with it, because improper treatment of diabetes can destroy your blood vessels, thus destroying your blood circulation.
So together, let us battle against stroke starting from today, simply by eating in moderation, and staying fit and in the pink of health. -Nafa Danfad
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Hi Nafa!!
Thanks for putting up this post! I'll show this to my mom.. she has diabetes AND high blood pressure. She's got loads of health books and all and is taking care of herself to maintain it. But still, I'm sure she'd like to read your post.
One of my uncle died of stroke too. THe first time left him with his left side of his body slightly affected but the second time a couple of years later was too much.. :(
Anyways, I think this was a great way to bring awareness to people! :)
Hi Shemah!!
Glad we could help. It's something that we ought to address to the public.
Would be good too if u can get your mom to read it! =) Sorry about your uncle though...we too lost a few of our loved ones because of stroke, and that is why we put it up.
Thanks for reading!! =)=)
Hi Nafa! Another wonderful article with loads of tips for us, thanks guys! I will have to remind myself and B to take better care of ourselves and our loved ones too, hope u guys are having a nice relaxing weekend! :D
Hello GP!!
Thanks for reading it, and glad we could help. And yes! We should also let our loved ones know about it so that they can be protected early.
Have a nice weekend too!! =)=)
Great article. It's always good to know about things like this... you never know when these sort of information will be useful.
Thanks Rozella! Appreciate your positive feedback on this. U are right! These sort of information should be registered in our minds as often as we can. As the saying goes, prevention is better than cure! =)
Hi Nafa! Thanks for sharing. My uncle died of stroke too! He had high blood pressure that leads to stroke.
I am trying to keep my mom as healthy as possible. She is all i got.
I am really scare of stroke as it is hard to tell when it is gonna strike. Your steps can definitely help to prevent one. Thanks, NAFA! :)
btw, a notice have just been issued. you're needed for an interrogation at AGP. Please report yourself within 48 hours or you'll be arrested.
Hello Ms Yummylicious!! =D
Glad we could help. Thanks for reading this article! Ya it would definitely benefit all of us if we take precautionary measures against stroke starting from now. And u are such a good daughter to keep your mum in the pink of health! So sweet!! =)
Woah woah woah wait a minute? We are going to be interrogated? What did we do wrong??? Aaaargh!! But never mind, because u are such a lovely friend to us, we will still face the interrogations. Yeah! ;p
One of the measures that seems to help stroke and mini stroke prevention is atorvastatin treatment. A recent study with over 2,000 elderly patients who had suffered a recent mini stroke or stroke, found that atorvastatin treatment significantly reduced their risk of having a repeat event.
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Hi Ian Smith!
Thanks for sharing with us this very special information on treating stroke patients. Have a great day! =)