How can u tell if u r having a
stroke...Do strokes happen suddenly or do
they happen over time...what are the first
symptoms...? Do u always get numbness ,
weakness , dizzyness ect? any help would
be appericated. thankyou Karen
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Stroke Answer A1965 Posted: 08-08-07 07:13am
A brain stroke is a dramatic, life
threatening condition. Brain strokes, or
cerebral apoplexy, are cerebrovascular
disorders that includes three types of
vascular disorders: cerebral hemorrhage,
cerebral infarct and subarachniodal
hemorrhage.
A cerebral hemorrhage defines bleeding in
the brain tissue due to rupture of an
intracerebral artery or vascular anomaly.
A cerebral infarct is due to blood
thrombosis in a brain artery. During this
condition, an arterial thrombosis causes
the circulation (ischemia) of blood to
stop; necrosis (death) of brain tissue
follows.
Finally, a subarachnoidal hemorrhage
defines bleeding in the subarachnoidal
space due to the rupture of a vascular
anomaly (aneurism) of the arteries at the
base of the brain.
All vascular disorders in the brain occur
SUDDENLY and their manifestation depends
upon the location in which they appear and
the severity of the case.
Cerebral hemorrhages and infarcts can not
be distinguished between one another
according to the symptoms or physical
examination, but can only be properly
identified with a CT-scan. Cerebral
hemorrhages and infarcts manifest the same
signs and symptoms: headache, dizziness,
paralyses or pareses, disturbed speaking
or swallowing, disturbed orientation and
consciousness, comma, death.
Subarachnoidal bleeding can be
distinguished from a brain hemorrhage
and/or infarct because the condition
manifests some more specific signs and
symptoms: headache, unprovoked vomiting,
photo and audio phobia, neck stiffness,
specific meningeal signs, comma and death.
You can have your symptoms examined by a
primary physician first, and seek help
from a specialist, if necessary. It is
possible that the symptoms that you are
experiencing are caused by any number of
possible reasons, but are probably not an
indicator of stroke.
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