How to prevent stroke - causes of stroke

The death rate is the second highest in the world after ischemic heart disease. This disease is capable of killing people not only in the elderly and old age, but still young and active enough. Moreover, physicians and scientists state that the stroke is getting younger every year - there are frequent cases of destruction and death of very young people, sometimes even teenagers. The reasons for this phenomenon are many, so it is very important to know how to prevent a stroke, to save life and health.

Stroke as a disease

Acute disorders of cerebral circulation, leading to severe consequences or death of the victim, is called a stroke. It can occur both against a background of complete tranquility, suddenly, mostly at night, and after a psychoemotional or physical exertion, sometimes during the day.

In stroke, the arteries supplying the brain with blood cease to function due to thrombosis. Without blood, oxygen does not enter the brain and its cells gradually die off. If the process is not stopped, the lesion will develop and lead to the death of the victim.

In order for a person to survive in this state, relatives and friends of the patient should know how to avoid death. With the slightest signs of a stroke and even a suspicion of it, you need to immediately call for an ambulance, as a quick hospitalization will not only help save life, but also prevent the person from becoming disabled.

As with most other dangerous diseases, a stroke is easier to protect against than to try to cope with its consequences.

Types of stroke

This disease is not uniform and has several types:

• Ischemic.
• Intracerebral haemorrhage.
• Subarachnoid hemorrhage.

All these types of stroke have a different clinical picture and affect patients from different age groups. Intracerebral and subarachnoid hemorrhage refers to hemorrhagic stroke, but not all specialists support this classification.

The first place in the number of cases is ischemic stroke. It often occurs in patients with severe cardiovascular disease. In most cases, it affects people over the age of 60 with diseases such as myocardial infarction, type 1 diabetes( sugar), heart rhythm disorders, rheumatic heart diseases and other serious diseases. Usually, there are problems with large arteries, a bad picture of blood. This type of stroke most often happens at night, in a dream.

Hemorrhagic stroke is characterized by sudden development, most often asymptomatic, in the daytime amidst strong emotions, stress or physical overwork. Usually, two subspecies of hemorrhagic stroke are isolated: intracerebral and subarachnoid hemorrhage. They differ localization of the lesion focus and the age of the affected.

Intracerebral haemorrhage most often occurs between the ages of 45 and 60, arises against a background of hypertension, atherosclerosis and blood problems. The most common problem is the combination of all these diseases, which leads to hemorrhage in the brain.

Subarachnoid hemorrhage occurs in people 30-60 years of age, often caused by alcoholism, drug addiction, smoking, hypertension, obesity, severe head trauma or aneurysm rupture. Hemorrhage into the subcortical layers of the brain can be caused by strong alcohol intoxication, even with a single intake of a large dose of alcohol, especially strong.

Causes of a stroke

All types of stroke can be traced to several common causes of the onset. Most often, these are severe disorders in the work of the cardiovascular system, atherosclerosis, increased tendency to thrombus formation, disorders in the blood composition, intake of certain types of medications, increased vascular fragility, diabetes mellitus, aneurysm. The causes of stroke, not associated with illness or health problems, include bad habits: smoking, alcoholism, taking drugs( especially cocaine addiction), serious excess of single doses of alcoholic beverages, abuse of medicines or the taking of several medications that do not mix together. Also, risk factors leading to possible strokes are overweight and obesity, inadequate physical activity.

Symptoms of

This disease can be manifested by cerebral and focal symptoms.

Brain cerebral cerebral symptoms include the following conditions:

• Loss of consciousness.
• Disorientation.
• Drowsiness.
• Excitation or retardation.
• Consciousness problems.
• Severe headache.
• Nausea or vomiting.
• Dizziness.
• Increased sweating.
• Heat.
• Strong heartbeat.
• Feeling of dryness in the mouth.

Focal symptoms are associated with which area of ​​the brain was affected by a stroke:

• Loss of muscle strength in the limbs, usually in one or one side of the body.
• Paralysis.
• Violation of speech.
• Decreased vision on the side of the lesion.
• No carotid artery pulsation from the lesion.
• Loss of ability to maintain balance.
• Vomiting.
• Decreased body sensitivity, most often on one half of the body or in individual parts of the body.

How to prevent

This severe disease affects everyone, however, in women the stroke is less common and in fewer cases it leads to death. In men, unfortunately, the mortality rate is much higher, also stroke often leads to paralysis and complete immobility. To avoid such terrible consequences, it is necessary to carry out preventive measures that protect against a stroke.

Guarantee that the stroke will not happen never, no one can. However, the right way of life, the absence of harmful habits and abuses can provide a person with strong health, which in many respects is the basis of longevity and protection from a variety of diseases, including stroke.

Basic protection methods:

• Refusal to smoke, taking drugs and alcohol, as well as drugs that are not vital.
• Proper balanced nutrition, with limited use of harmful artificial and sublimated food with dyes, preservatives and other additives. In the menu should be as much as possible natural products, unrefined and unprocessed. The amount of animal fats must be controlled, and the vegetable must be quality and natural.
• If there are problems with the vessels, for example, their increased fragility, it is recommended to take vitamin P preparations, for example, Routine or Ascorutin. They strengthen the walls of the vessels and prevent the risk of their ruptures.
• For those who are overweight, you need to start taking care of your health as soon as possible. In this case, fast weight loss is as dangerous as obesity. Lose weight to physiologically normal weight should be slow and without using extreme means.
• Physical activity as far as strength, health and age. It has long been noted that vigorous, vigorous people are less likely to suffer from this disease, however, one should remember that excessive stress can lead to a stroke themselves. Before starting sports, it is necessary to consult with your doctor. Choose this type of activity, which will benefit not only physical, but mental health, for example, yoga, pilates, swimming, cycling, horse riding, walking in the fresh air. Even the presence of a dog will help increase motor activity, which is confirmed even by statistics."Dogs" live longer - a pet's pet improves the mental state, especially in elderly single people, and also forces them to go out for a walk twice a day.
• Control of high blood pressure and other diseases that are risk factors for stroke. It is necessary to take drugs that dilute blood, reduce blood pressure and are intended for other diseases strictly according to the doctor's instructions and in the dosages that he has chosen.

Use of folk remedies

There are many ways to protect yourself from a possible stroke by folk remedies. First of all, these methods are associated with the purification of blood from an excess of "bad" cholesterol, enriching the body with vitamins and minerals, as well as stimulating immunity, renewing internal organs.

For this purpose, tinctures and herbs of numerous medicinal herbs are used, as well as the use of useful gifts of nature - berries, fruits, nuts, mushrooms and much more. It is believed that a good effect is the regular use of watermelons and melons, the use of pumpkin, figs, plums and berries - sea-buckthorn, irgi, mountain ash. Of vegetables, radish and cabbage are especially useful, as well as eggplants. These berries, vegetables and fruits have the ability to purify the intestines, remove toxins from the blood, remove cholesterol, saturate the blood with vitamins and beneficial minerals. They strengthen health, and this gives the body strength to resist the factors that provoke a stroke.

It is especially important to resist stroke to men from the risk zone - over the age of 45, with excess weight and bad habits. For them, first of all, it is necessary to solve their health problems, lose weight and get rid of addictions. To stimulate the body it is recommended to drink a useful remedy that helps to solve several problems at once: lose weight, cleanse the body, stimulate immunity and supply the body with vitamins and minerals. It is quite simple and affordable for everyone - it's pure water with lemon juice or any other citrus fruit with the addition of natural quality honey.

Other useful natural remedies for folk medicine include tea mushroom tincture, horse chestnut tincture, which strengthens the walls of vessels, as well as spirits of Japanese Sophora tincture.

Try not to deal with the potential possibility of a stroke, do not self-medicate, but consult a specialist before, otherwise the prevention may harm, rather than prevent the disease.