October 29 celebrate the World Day to Combat stroke. In Ukraine, the annual recorded 140,000 cases of the disease.
And only 20% of people return to normal life. How to recognize a stroke in the early stages? What is a minor stroke? Who is at risk? We understand in this article.
If within 3-6 hours after a stroke, a person applies for a qualified help, it helps to prevent serious complications. It is therefore important to know the early signs of minor stroke.
What is a minor stroke?
In modern medicine, there is no such thing. This is the popular name of a transient ischemic attack - acute vascular neurological disorders. When the mini-strokes have the ability to prevent brain damage, in case of early care-seeking.
Who is at risk?
Most often occurs in people microstroke: with cervical osteochondrosis, high blood pressure, diseases of the cardiovascular system, blood diseases, high-risk the formation of cholesterol plaques, experiencing frequent and long stress, diabetics, bad habits, sedentary, overweight.
Remember the first signs of microstroke:
• The person feels weakness of one limb: The top or bottom. He can not move it or move with difficulty.
• Halfperson may numb or even paralyze. Ask the person to smile, if only part of the face is moving, it is a sign of stroke.
• Can low vision in one eye, There are "fly" in front of his eyes, turbidity or ghosting.
• it is broken, A person is difficult to remember and to tell even the simplest things, such as your name.
• disturbed coordination: The patient can not maintain balance. It can be unsteady or fall when walking.
• There is dizziness and headache varying degrees.
• Man hard to swallow.
• disturbed behavior: The patient does not accept the request, it may be too excited. Or, on the contrary, retarded with a desire to sleep.
All the symptoms develop suddenly and rapidly. Since one, they are laminated on each other literally within 1 hour. They are the forerunners of all stroke types, so you can not delay the qualified help.
People do not seek help immediately, because the first microstroke often goes away. But this is only exacerbates the problem. After about 17% of patients within 3 months will suffer an ischemic stroke, and half of them occur in the first 48 hours after microstroke symptoms.
How to help?
1. Call an ambulance. Secure the start indication microstroke.
2. Put the patient on his side and slightly lift his head.
3. If the patient was high blood pressure and he took medication, you need to measure performance. In the case of high - to previously prescribed medications.
4. While waiting for doctors provide patient comfort and access to fresh air.
5. Do not panic, try to maintain the patient psychologically.
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