Stroke
Stroke: Introduction
Stroke symptoms:
There are various causes of stroke-like symptoms
including stroke, transient ischemic attacks (mini-strokes)
and several other serious conditions.
Stroke is a ... more about Stroke symptoms.
Stroke:
A stroke occurs when the
blood supply to the part of the brain is suddenly interrupted (ischemic)
or when a blood vessel in the brain bursts, spilling ... more about Stroke.
Stroke: Serious brain event from bleeding or blood clots.
More detailed information about the symptoms,
causes, and treatments of Stroke is available below.
Symptoms of Stroke
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symptoms of Stroke
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Stroke: Complications
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Disease Topics Related To Stroke
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Medical Textbooks Online about Stroke
Medical Books Excerpts
- DYSARTHRIA
- "Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs" (2003)
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- Dysarthria
- "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
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- Stroke
- "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)" (2005)
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- Dysarthria
- "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
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- Stroke
- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
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- Dysarthria
- "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
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- Dysarthria
- "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
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- Stroke
- "The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult" (2008)
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Book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Diagnostic Tests for Stroke
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Stroke: Undiagnosed Conditions
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Misdiagnosis and Stroke
Unnecessary hysterectomies due to undiagnosed bleeding disorder in women: The bleeding disorder
called Von Willebrand's disease is quite common in women, but often fails to be correctly diagnosed.
Women...read more »
Undiagnosed stroke leads to misdiagnosed aphasia: BBC News UK reported on a man who
had been institutionalized and treated for mental illness
because he suffered from sudden...read more »
Alzheimer's disease over-diagnosed: The well-known disease of Alzheimer's disease
is often over-diagnosed.
Patients tend to assume that any memory loss or forgetulness symptom might be Alzheimer's,
whereas there are many other...read more »
Dementia may be a drug interaction: A common scenario in aged care is for
a patient to show mental decline to dementia.
Whereas this can, of...read more »
Tremor need not be Parkinson's disease: There is the tendency to believe that
any tremor symptom, or shakiness, means Parkinson's disease.
The reality is that there are...read more »
Mild traumatic brain injury often remains undiagnosed: Although the symptoms
of severe brain injury are hard to miss,
it is less clear for milder injuries, or even those causing a mild concussion diagnosis.
The condition goes by the...read more »
MTBI misdiagnosed as balance problem: When a person has symptoms
such as vertigo or dizziness, a diagnosis of brain injury may go overlooked.
This is particularly true of mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI), for which the...read more »
Rare diseases misdiagnosed as Parkinson's disease: A rare genetic
disorder is often misdiagnosed as Parkinson's disease for men in their 50's.
The disease Fragile X...read more »
Brain pressure condition often misdiagnosed as dementia: A condition
that results from an excessive pressure of CSF within the brain is often misdiagnosed.
It may be misdiagnosed as Parkinson's...read more »
Post-concussive brain injury often misdiagnosed: A study found that soldiers who had
suffered a concussive injury in battle often were misdiagnosed on their return.
A...read more »
Children with migraine often misdiagnosed: A migraine often fails to be
correctly diagnosed in pediatric patients.
These patients are not the typical migraine sufferers, but migraines can also...read more »
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Stroke: Research Doctors & Specialists
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Stroke: Rare Types
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Causes of Stroke
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causes of Stroke
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Treatments for Stroke
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News Archives for Stroke
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Videos for Stroke
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Prognosis for Stroke
Prognosis for Stroke:
Unpredictable. About 20% of patients die in hospital. Others have complications of stroke.
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Reseach about Stroke
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Prevention of Stroke
Prevention information for Stroke has been compiled from various data sources
and may be inaccurate or incomplete.
None of these methods guarantee prevention of Stroke.
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Statistics for Stroke
Stroke: Broader Related Topics
Types of Stroke
Types of Stroke
- Ischemic stroke - from reduced blood flow to a brain area.
- Hemorrhagic stroke - from bleeding in the brain.
- Right hemisphere stroke - a right brain stroke affecting the left side of the body.
- Left hemisphere stroke - a left brain stroke affecting the right side of the body.
- Cerebellar stroke - a stroke occurring in the cerebellum
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Types of Stroke
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Article Excerpts about Stroke
NINDS Stroke Information Page: NINDS (Excerpt)
A stroke occurs when the
blood supply to the part of the brain is suddenly interrupted (ischemic)
or when a blood vessel in the brain bursts, spilling blood into the spaces
surrounding the brain cells (hemorrhagic).
(Source: excerpt from NINDS Stroke Information Page: NINDS)
Stroke: NWHIC (Excerpt)
A stroke is sometimes called a "brain attack." A stroke can injure the
brain like a heart attack can injure the heart. Stroke is the result of
cerebrovascular disease—disease of the blood vessels in the
brain. (Source: excerpt from Stroke: NWHIC)
Stroke Prevention and Treatment - Age Page - Health Information: NIA (Excerpt)
A stroke (sometimes called a "brain attack") happens when blood
circulation to the brain fails. A few minutes without oxygen and
important nutrients from the blood can damage or kill affected brain
cells. Sometimes cell damage can be repaired and some lost skills
regained. However, the death of brain cells is permanent.
(Source: excerpt from Stroke Prevention and Treatment - Age Page - Health Information: NIA)
Definitions of Stroke:
A sudden, nonconvulsive loss of neurologic function due to an ischemic or hemorrhagic intracranial vascular event. In general, cerebrovascular accidents are classified by anatomic location in the brain, vascular distribution, etiology, age of the affected individual, and hemorrhagic vs. nonhemorrhagic nature. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp777-810)
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(sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand; "it took two strokes to get out of the bunker"; "a good shot require good balance and tempo"; "he left me an almost impossible shot"
- (Source - WordNet 2.1)
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