A Stroke Occusr Every 40 Seconds in the U.S.

Someone somewhere in the United States is having a stroke every 40 seconds and every 4 minutes someone dies of a stroke from not being treated fast enough. When having a stroke what are some signs? The most common signs of someone having a stroke are: face drooping, arm weakness or numbness, and strange or slurred speech. The faster you are treated for having a stroke the more likely you are to survive and not have permanent damage (disability). Stroke is the number one cause of having serious long term disability in the United States, every year about 795,000 people have strokes.

610,000 of those strokes are proven to be the first (new) stroke that the person experiences and about 185,000 of those people survive and experience another stroke. About 25 percent of people who have experienced their first stroke will experience another within 5 years. Strokes can damage a person's brain causing problems with their thinking, awareness, attention, learning, judgment, a nd memory.

Treatment for strokes is called "acute care." What is an acute care? Acute care is when you make sure the condition is caused by a stroke and not some other medical condition, determining the type of stroke where it occurred and how serious the stroke is, prevention of another stroke from happening, or maybe rehabilitation.

Strokes seen in the hospital out of 70 percent of those strokes are ischemic strokes, the remaining 30 percent is a mixture of experiencing a hemorrhagic stroke or transient ischemic attack.

Strokes seen in the hospital out of 70 percent of those strokes are ischemic strokes, the remaining 30 percent is a mixture of experiencing a hemorrhagic stroke or transient ischemic attack. During 59 minutes, an ischemic stroke kills 1.9 million ...

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...ng occurs it can damage the brain very quickly. The reason why the brain is so sensitive is because when the brain bleeds the blood irritates the brain tissues, and causes the brain to swell.

The bleeding of the brain also causes increased pressure on the brain and it presses against the skull. Symptoms of a hemorrhagic stroke vary upon the amount of blood tissues affected and the location of the bleeding. A transient ischemic attack only lasts for a few hours of the day or a day and it doesn't cause permanent brain damage like an ischemic stroke would. (TIA) transient ischemic attack is not considered to be a stroke, it is referred to as a warning signal before having a stroke. Ask yourself how does a stroke change a person's everyday life drastically? People who suffer from strokes have to live with a mental or physical disability that causes them to be limited.