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ISBN-10: 0470137924
ISBN-13: 9780470137925
Edition: 2008
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People at the highest risk for stroke have one or more of the following: high blood pressure, erratic heartbeat, or other forms of heart disease, a high cholesterol level, diabetes, and a family history of stroke. In addition, they choose to smoke, be sedentary and/or overweight, and drink alcohol excessively. If they have all of these risk factors, they are a stroke waiting to happen. The above conditions are more widely recognized than a large number of other factors that contribute to stroke. Simply by being unknown increases the risk. A single risk factor may not increase a person's likelihood of having a stroke, but multiple risk factors will. Other risk factors include: old age,… stress level, use of illegal drugs, and poor access to health care. In addition, women are at an increased risk of dying (62 percent of stroke deaths are women) from a stroke because they are more likely than men to ignore symptoms. Warning signs for an ischemic stroke (blood clot), the most common type of stroke: A fleeting loss of vision in one or both eyes, like a shade being pulled down. Because the eye is the most sensitive detector of a sudden loss of blood flow, it is a commonly recognized symptom of a TIA. Sudden dizziness, trouble walking, or loss of coordination Sudden severe or unusual headache Loss of consciousness Sudden numbness, weakness, or tingling of the face or a limb, especially on one side of the body Sudden confusion or trouble speaking or understanding Difficulty in swallowing Any kind of function of the brain that is interrupted for a while-from a few minutes to up to twenty-four hours-and then returns Symptoms of a hemorrhagic stroke, caused by bleeding, can be the same as for an ischemic attack, but can also include the following: A sudden, intense headache at the outset that patients describe as a "thunder-clap" or "popping sound." A very large pupil that does not react to light Seizures The biggest problem in identifying stroke is that symptoms are so varied and subtle. What follows is list of what are called nontraditional symptoms. Pain in the face, chest, or limbs Disorientation Vomiting or flulike symptoms Inability to focus, such as loss of linear thought Shortness of breath An abrupt change in consciousness, described as a feeling of detachment from reality