Ischemic strokes and CVAs (cerebrovascular accidents) are caused by the same thing - a lack of blood flow to a part of the brain. The difference is one of duration. In an ischemic stroke, the blood flow loss is permanent or semi-permanent, causing a permanent or semi-permanent loss of function in the part of the body that is served by the part of the brain affected. In a CVA, however, the blood flow loss is temporary, so the loss of function in the area of the body served by the part of the brain that was robbed of blood flow is also temporary, and usually resolves in 24 hours or so. Another difference between the two is that ischemic strokes are usually visible on CT scan and CVAs are not. Often, physicians will use this difference before the 24-48 hour period is up so that they can know whether they should think about initiating "clot-buster" drugs. They also need to know so that they can either prepare the patient and family members for the consequences of stroke, or, as in your case, apparently, reassure the patient and family that the symptoms should resolve completely in 1-2 days. Regardless, you should be followed closely by a doctor for several months and should be started on appropriate medications to treat your cerebrovascular disease (CVD), the name of the condition that causes people to have either CVAs or strokes.
stroke....can kill you or leave brain damaged dont no about low blood pressure go to the doctors just in case
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A type of stroke where you have internal bleeding in the brain which kills brain cells.
The outcome of a stroke depends on the severity of the stroke. Considering the fact that a stroke is a blood clot in your brain, there are a lot of possible outcomes, because the brain controls the body.
the brain is showed as two separate halfs. (check google images for a very good idea.)
A stroke can happen in any lobe of the brain. I think the worst area one can have a stroke in is at the base of the brain, in back of the head.
the Left Side.
Stroke damage is always somewhere in the brain. However, you cannot say that every person who has had a stroke and is in a coma has had the stroke in the same part of the brain. Strokes can affect just about any area of the brain.
The motor cortex on the left side of the brain
A stroke is a rupture of a blood vessel in the brain.
A stroke can occur in two ways. In an ischemic stroke, a blood clot blocks or plugs a blood vessel or artery in the brain. About 80 percent of all strokes are ischemic. In an hemorrhagic stroke, a blood vessel in the brain breaks and bleeds into the brain. About 20 percent of strokes are hemorrhagic.
Yes. It can cause serious damage to the brain.