Who? Where? When? Why? Many questions but few answers.
Stroke ..... ... a cerebrovascular accident blow to the brain! You can be anywhere, any place you can hit suddenly and stroke. Stroke, in fact, does not discriminate. He has no consideration for who you are, where you are or what you are doing. Within seconds you could go from being good to being imprisoned in a body unable to perform common tasks. After stroke some physical and mental capacity are going away, sometimes temporarily, sometimes forever. The stroke has no respect for age, race, creed, color, intelligence, talent ... when it appears no one knows' what to do to deal with a moment so critical. You may have had a notice in the form of TIA (transient ischemic attack similar stroke, but usually with no permanent effects) or a "small stroke" which is then followed by a great, or you might have had a real stroke with a little notice, followed by a TIA. It is an individual experience. Stroke is the first of the debilitating diseases that cause disability, but rarely two people are affected the same way. In fact, all originate from the same cause stroke (interruption of blood flow to the brain) and in this sense there may be common symptoms but since everyone's brain is different, the consequences will be different. The arduous journey of recovery is different, no one can predict whether it will be hard at the beginning or quiet, how long will it take and what happen next. The situation - especially in the beginning - seems still quite dark and depressing, is because you feel like you're in a tunnel! Do not give up! Along the way, a bright day can be very close.
As mentioned above, although it is impossible to find two people with stroke who have had the exact same experience, in reality, the stroke can only be of two types, depending on the reason for the non supply of blood to certain areas of the brain . This can involve a blocking of blood flow to the brain or bleeding. The block can be formed by a clot or a blood clot, fatty material or any other foreign substance, which operates in an artery full of debris as water passes through a sealed tube at which point the brain reaches only a small stream of blood that is not sufficient to provide all the oxygen in that particular area needs to keep working well. This type of stroke can be called a cerebral thrombosis (when the block is to cause a thrombus or clot), stroke, embolism (thrombus, air or foreign matter is formed elsewhere and traveled to the block) or ischemic stroke (a word of many meanings for each type of block). Sometimes, rarely, blood vessels can contract and stop the flow of blood resulting in a lack of blood supply to the brain. On the other hand bleeding, it happens that a blood vessel ruptures, allowing blood to flow in the brain and spread into surrounding areas (...).
diagnosis that doctors usually write in the patient is stroke or cerebrovascular accident. Often the description of the signs of stroke include the location: brain (right or left hemisphere), brainstem or cerebellum. Although these and many other parts of the brain act in symbiosis and in some conditions share features, there are usually distinct problems associated with the damage in a specific area of \u200b\u200bthe brain. A lesion in the right hemisphere will hit the left side of the body, often causing total paralysis (hemiplegia of the right side) or partial paralysis (hemiparesis from right), or vice versa for the left hemisphere. Since in many cases the operating language skills, often those affected in this hemisphere have trouble speaking or understanding. The brain stem, it controls the vital functions of the individual self, so in case of damage to this part of the brain may be weakness on both sides of the body, coma, low levels of consciousness with impaired respiration. The cerebellum functions instead oversees the maintenance of balance and coordination, and then his damage will lead to problems at this level.
It 'important to understand what kind of stroke has had on your family, what was the probable cause, and what consequences are expected in relation to the type of stroke, the location and extent of the lesion. You must ask the family doctor, from the outset, to explain (maybe with the help of a drawing), presented as part of the brain damage ... ask which brain functions are controlled by the party that has been damaged. This will allow you to respond appropriately every time a new doctor, nurse or therapist will inevitably ask "what kind of stroke he had?"
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