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Every 45 seconds, someone in the United States has a stroke. A stroke can happen when: A blood vessel carrying blood to the brain is blocked by a blood clot. This is called an ischemic stroke; A blood vessel breaks open, causing blood to leak into...
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Death of brain cells triggers a chain reaction in which toxic chemicals created by cell death affect other nearby cells. This is one reason why prompt treatment can have such a dramatic effect on final recovery.
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Cerebrovascular Accident:: The symptoms of stroke depend upon the part of the brain that is affected, and how large a portion of brain tissue has been damaged by the CVA. The severity of these symptoms will depend.
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Because of the wide range of secondary conditions that contribute to stroke, it is difficult for researchers to assess the relative contribution of each risk factor to the problem of cerebrovascular disease as a whole, according to the Child...
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Representing about 10% of all strokes, intracerebral hemorrhage affects vessels and tissue within the brain itself. As with subarachnoid hemorrhage, bleeding deprives affected tissues of blood supply, and the accumulation of fluid within the...
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Hemorrhagic stroke involves bleeding within the brain, damaging nearby brain tissue.
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Each day that your blood pressure is too high, your chances of having a stroke are increased.
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The term cerebral hypoxia technically refers to a lack of oxygen supply to the cerebral hemispheres (the outer portion of the brain), but it is more typically used to refer to a lack of oxygen supply to the entire brain.
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