Strokes

By: Collin Shepard, Jackson Altman, Matt Ashbaugh

What is a stroke?

• A stroke occurs in the brain when either a blood clot blocks an artery, or when a blood vessel pops or breaks.

• This irritates the blood flow, which can kill brain cells and cause permanent damage or death!

When was it first recognized? 

• Hippocrates, the father of medicine, first recoginzed strokes 2400 years ago.

• They were called apoplexy, meaning "struck down by violence" in Greek due to that fact that patients would suddenly develop paralysis

•  In mid-1600s Jacob Wepfer discovered death from apoplexy was caused by bleeding in the brain, or a blocked vessel.

•  In 1928, strokes were classified into three categories based on severity.

• Sometimes called Brain attacks

• Different types of strokes include:o  Hemorrhagic strokeo Small vessel disease/ lacunar infractiono Large vessel thrombosiso Thrombotic strokeo Embolic strokeo Ischemic

• Symptoms includeo drooping face o slurred speecho Lack of Balanceo Blindnesso Severe Headache

DIFFERENT TYPES OF STROKES

Factors That Can Cause Strokes

• Factors :o at a young age it is most likely that they have developed a

hereditary stroke.o  if you are older than it is more likely you got a stroke from

risk factors.o some of these risk factors include: High blood Pressure,

Diabetes, Heart Disease, Smoking, High Cholesterol.

 

Treatment of Strokes

• One of the most common treatments is to take blood-thinners which allow blood to flow more easily through the arteries.

• You can also try to avoid foods with high levels of cholestoral which cause the arteries to become clogged.

• You must also exercise so that your cardiovasucular system is very strong and cam withstand a stroke.

Short/Long Term Effects

• For the short term problems of strokes medicine is a great solution.  It has quick results and things the blood to prevent them from happening.

• In the long term strokes can be much more harmful and have more harmful effects than others.  To help prevent strokes from happening in the long term it is best to stay healthy by eating well and exercising often.

Effects on Environment

• The impact on the family of the victim can be very bad.  They are always walking around with a weight on their shoulders not knowing whether or not he will live another day.

• The individual is impacting in a somewhat positive way in some cases.  This is because it can give him a motivation to get outside and stay healthy and keep working hard to eat healthy.

•  The family's support is vital because most times the victim of a stroke can't just go outside and stay healthy.  Their family must motivate them to do the right things.

WOW!

1. Strokes were first recognized 2400 years ago.      2.  2/3 of stroke victims have a kind of disablity after the stroke.   3.   I learned that there is more than one type of stroke and that strokes are caused by a clot or lack of blood to a certain part of the brain.

Bibliography

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•  "National Stroke Association: What is Stroke?." National Stroke Association: . N.p., n.d. Web. 2 Sept. 2011. <http://www.stroke.org/site/PageServer?pagename=stroke>.  

•  "National Stroke Association: What is Stroke?." National Stroke Association: . N.p., n.d. Web. 2 Sept. 2011. http://www.stroke.org/site/PageServer?pagename=type.

• "dieases ." Glencoe health book. California : Mcgraw Hill, 2009. 690-692. Print.