Stroke symptoms and its treatment
Sudden stop in the supply of blood to a part of brain leads to stroke, also known as cerebrovascular accident (CVA). This causes brain cells to die due to absence of glucose and oxygen. Stroke can be occurred due to various reasons, such as blockage or rupturing of a particular artery.
The stroke symptoms depend on the part of brain, which is damaged. The symptoms generally show without any warning. In addition, the strokes symptoms are highly severe when the stroke occurs. Stroke symptoms include:
- Tingling or numbness on a particular side of the body
- Muscle weakness in leg, arm or face
- Difficulty in speaking or hearing
- Difficulty with eyesight such as double vision, decreased vision or loss of vision
- Decrease in touch sensation, ability to feel pain, decrease in feeling difference in temperatures, pressures or other stimuli
- Changes in alertness, which includes unconsciousness, sleepiness
- Loss of memory
- Difficulty in reading or writing
- Loss of body balance
- Trouble in walking
- Difficulty swallowing
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Generally, a stroke is a state of medical emergency. It is important to provide immediate medication to the individual suffered from stroke. The stroke treatment must be started within hours. Depending on the cause of stroke, the treatment is given to the individual. For example, if the person has suffered from stroke due to blood clotting, then the individual must be provided with clot-bursting drugs to stop clotting of blood. other stroke treatments may include supplementation of painkillers to control severe headache and high blood pressure.