Stroke: General Information, Articles
This section contains various articles on stroke. We hope that these articles will be useful to you.
First aid
Types
Effects
Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation after a stroke is a complex and versatile process aimed at eliminating the effects and encouraging the person’s adaptation, which includes the following focuses.
- Effects of a stroke and rehabilitation,
- Treatment of motor dysfunction,
- Restoration of coordination and gait,
- Occupational therapy,
- Gaining necessary daily skills,
- Restoration of swallowing,
- Restoration of communication skills, speech,
- Overcoming neuropsychiatric disorders,
- Psychological rehabilitation,
- Exercises to increase muscle strength after a stroke,
- Treatment of aphasia after a stroke,
- How to start recovery in aphasia,
- Induced restriction therapy for motor dysfunction,
- Development of finger movements,
- How to avoid falls,
- Stubbornness and unwillingness of the patient to undergo rehabilitation,
- Memory disorders after a stroke,
- Restoring the ability to read,
- Magnetic stimulation in rehabilitation,
- The benefits of honey and bee venom for recovery,
- Radon baths,
- Hippotherapy after a stroke.
Risk factors
There are two groups. The main criterion is the opportunity to influence the factor.
- Uncontrolled stroke factors
- Controlled factors - diseases and lifestyle:
- Stroke prevention
- Ultrasound for stroke prevention
- Prevention of stroke in atrial fibrillation
- Antihypertensive therapy
- Coffee against stroke
- Antioxidants in the prevention of stroke
- Magnesium to prevent stroke
- Oranges and grapefruits
- Skimmed milk
- Chocolate
- Cedar oil
- The Mediterranean diet
- Antiplatelet therapy
- Green tea and stroke
Research results
- Drawbacks of stenting in the treatment of stroke
- Commonality of risk factors for stroke and cognitive disorders
- Magnetic brain stimulation for the treatment of agnosia after a stroke
- Gene mutation doubles the risk of stroke
- Test for detecting the risk of complications
- Antithrombotic drugs in the first hours
- Reverse side of drug treatment of hypertension
- It is not safe to take painkillers after stroke
- Sleep and stroke
- Smoking significantly increases mortality due to stroke
- Migraine and stroke
- Detection of asymptomatic strokes
- Drugs used in rehabilitation
- Menopause and stroke
- Role of potassium and magnesium
- Stroke is getting younger every year
Over the last decades, there has been published a large number of reports devoted to various aspects of the study of acute cerebrovascular accidents. Nevertheless, both diagnosis and treatment of strokes are still associated with a fairly large number of difficulties and mistakes. Practical experience proves that doctor's qualification is largely determined by how they orient themselves in emergencies and also whether they can quickly make the right decision in the atypical course of the disease.
As symptoms manifest themselves within quite a short time frame, patients often do not pay attention to those and do not seek help, therefore, the registration of TIA is incomplete.
The period of time preceding aging in women is called menopause. Depending on the termination of menstruation, it can be divided into three stages: pre-menopause, menopause and postmenopause. Menopause is a normal condition characterized by the manifestation of pronounced signs of aging. Conditions that can develop due to menopause include eponymous syndrome, osteopenia, cardiovascular disorders, osteoporosis, hypotrophic manifestations in the genitourinary system, etc. The development of the conditions is usually caused by ovarian dysfunction and aging of the body.
Correction of a number of pathological conditions that increase the risk of stroke plays an important role in its prevention. Therefore, it is important to regulate magnesium and potassium metabolism to solve this problem.
Stroke develops due to an acute cerebrovascular accident. The attack is dangerous due to a high risk of death or serious complications. It is quite easy to diagnose stroke, since it manifests pronounced symptoms numbness of the muscles of the face, hand, leg or one side of the body, incoherent speech, impaired coordination. The prognosis depends on the extent of the lesion, but also, importantly, on speedy first aid. Statistics show that only 20% of all patients experience complete recovery, but even these people run a high risk of developing recurrent stroke within the next 5 years of their lives.
