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Part Of Stroke Therapy Process

Part of the stroke recovery process will involve stroke therapy. This phase of recovery will usually commence after the stroke survivor is stabilized with their condition. Once that has been established it should be full steam ahead with stroke exercises. Strokes affect more than thirty million Americans each and every year. They do not discriminate and affect all genders, races and ages. Research has enabled us to learn more about preventing a stroke with regards to lifestyle choices. It has also enabled us to improve the stroke therapy, making it more effective than ever before.

Unless you have a background in neurology, stroke therapy can seem like an overwhelming task. While I certainly do not expect people to undertake vigorous study, a little background understand can help with motivation and compliance of a stroke rehabilitation program. Basically understanding how the brain functions and how it changes during the stroke recovery process would be an adequate starting point. This article will discuss some key points about stroke therapy. Firstly frequency of therapy is important. Related to that is the consistency and volume of exercises that are done. And lastly specificity in the choice of which stroke exercises to apply.

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August 16, 2011
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Eng3 Supports Circle of Rights For Stroke

Eng3 supports Circle of Rights, a charitable organization dedicated to raising awareness of stroke and preventing it through education and training. In support of their mission to increase public awareness of this disabling yet largely avoidable condition, Eng3 Corporation is working to distribute the information below as widely as possible. Eng3 is committed to helping prevent and address disease by reducing oxidative stress. Eng3 has a particular focus on chronic diseases including heart disease and diabetes, which are so closely associated with stroke.Below is the first part of two part series with information on Strokes, provided by the Circle of Rights.Stroke Informational Data: Part I- 22.8% of strokes are fatal – 3rd in the nation after heart disease and cancer, yet is the first in disability- Women are more susceptible to die from stroke than men, when they are older: 14% of strokes are under the age of 65- 2 major types of stroke: Ischemic – 83% and Hemorrhagic – 17% of these, 25% of Ischemic stroke survivors remain disabled for life, and almost 50% of Hemorrhagic Strokes die at onset of symptoms- Mini-stroke-TIA – which has symptoms that last seconds and minutes and then disappear: Regardless, patient needs to be seen ASAP at a Primary Stroke Center- Although most of the symptoms for stroke are known, many are not felt until it is too late.

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April 26, 2011
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Important Information About Stroke

Stroke or cerebrovascular accident (cva) is a condition affecting the blood vessels of the brain.There are several types of stroke and each type has different causes. The two main types of stroke are listed below

Ischaemic StrokeAn Ischaemic stroke is normally caused by a clot or other blockage in an artery in the brain, which disrupts blood flow to different regions of the brain. Brain cells require a constant supply of oxygen and nutrients from the blood to keep working and so if an artery remains blocked for longer than a few minutes brain cells can die leading to brain damage. An Ischaemic stroke is by far the most common type of stroke (80% of cases). Ischaemic stroke can further be divided into two main types: thrombotic and embolic. A thrombotic infarct occurs when a blood clot forms in an artery that supplies blood to the brain. An embolic infarct occurs when a blood clot (embolism) travels from another part of the body and blocks one of the blood vessels in the brain.

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July 21, 2010
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Two Type Silent Stroke

There are two main types of strokes: ischemic and hemorrhagic. The large majority (85%) of strokes in the western world are ischaemic, that is, a stroke resulting from an occlusion of a major cerebral artery, commonly the middle cerebral artery (MCA) by a thrombus or embolism. Hemorrhagic strokes, classified as an intracerebral hemorrhage or subarachnoid hemorrhage, occur when a vessel ruptures inside the brain.

Although hemorrhagic strokes account for only about 20% of all strokes, they are responsible for up to 80% of the deaths from stroke. About 25% of the strokes that occur during pregnancy end in death, and hemorrhagic stroke is the leading cause of maternal death in the US.

Although, by definition, silent strokes are asymptomatic–or at least are perceived by the patient to be asymptomatic–they can have long-term sequelae, and they flag patients at increased risk for a future symptomatic stroke. Based on these estimates, the incidence of silent stroke is 10- to 20-fold greater than the incidence of symptomatic strokes.

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January 7, 2010
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