Brain cells will not be able to function well when
the brain is lack of oxygen. So this causes the person who is having stroke
unable to do things properly. The symptoms of stroke depend on the amount of
brain tissue damage and also the area of brain that has been affected. Small stroke
may not cause any symptom but it can still damage brain tissue.
Stroke symptoms usually come suddenly. This is because they are caused
by an abrupt interruption of blood flow to an area of the brain. It only takes a few seconds for that part of
the brain to stop functioning.
The symptoms include the following :
- Sudden numbness or weakness of the face, arm or leg on one side of the body.
- Sudden confusion, trouble speaking or understanding.
- Double vision or sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes.
- Sudden trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination.
- Sudden trouble writing.
- Sudden and unusually severe headache . However, only a small proportion of strokes produce headache symptoms. But because of the sudden onset of severe headache, doctors may suspect that there is internal bleeding of the brain that will cause death. So people who go into the emergency room complaining of severe headache are immediately sent to screen for the presence of blood in the brain.
How long the symptoms last is depends on how long the affected part of
the brain remains without blood flow. Short
events of poor blood flow lead to a complete recovery while longer events can leave permanent
deficits.
Strokes usually affect only one
side of the body.
The right side of the brain controls the left side of the body while the left
side of the brain controls the right side of the body . When a blood vessel
carries blood to a part of the brain and is blocked, only the side of the brain
where the blood vessel is located is affected. This causes symptoms in the
opposite side of the body.
If you think you are
having a stroke, you should call 911 immediately. It
is better that you get to the emergency room quickly to get earlier treatment. You
should also get ready to answer the following question to help the doctors
choose the best treatment.
- What time did your symptoms start?
- What is your complete medical history?
- Have you ever had a stroke or had bleeding inside of your brain?
- Do you have any metal inside your body? ( to decide whether MRI can be used for imaging.)
- What medications and supplements do you take on a regular basis?
- Do you have bleeding disorder?
Take
note : You should not wait for the symptoms to go away and you should not take
aspirin on your own . Besides, do not drive to the hospital on your own.
Patients will be admitted to the
hospital for monitoring and further testing to figure out the cause of the
stroke and ways to prevent a future stroke.
4 comments:
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Sorry. Deleted it accidentally. Btw the question is will these signs still show after treatment?
Lao Sai Kia,
Whether or not these signs and symptoms will still show after treatment would have to depend on the severity of the stroke complications and also the ability of the person to recover lost abilities such as walking or talking. But normally, the patients who had suffered from less severe cases would be able to recover completely.
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