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There are many causes of a stroke. Here are a few of them:
High blood pressure mainly occurs when the heart starts to work harder to circulate the blood throughout the body. So when this occurs, there are chances of damage occurring to brain and heart. High Blood pressure may lead to stroke if the blood is not brought down to normal.
Diabetic patients are prone to strokes because most of the patients get affected with hypertension, heart attacks or higher cholesterol. Any one of these may prone the patient to getting a stroke.
For more causes please refer the link in sources. Hope this helps.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 10y agoThe major causes of stroke, whether it be major or mini, are atherosclerosis, which is hardening of the arteries, or a blockage of a main vessel going to the brain. Diet and exercise go a long way towards prevention.
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