If treated early, paralysis following stroke can be avoided
Author Dr. László Csiba | 2020.03.02.
There are few diseases that strike as suddenly and cause a significant and long-term loss of quality of life as stroke. To paralysis following a stroke should be avoidable or curable and treated as quickly as possible. Fortunately, we already have the methods to do this.
Approximately 50,000 people in our country suffer a stroke every year. This is a significant number, especially given that, although stroke is often considered a disease of the elderly, in the last few years one in four patients is under 60 were from the age group.
Are we making trouble for ourselves?
The secret of stroke development is genetically determined inherited predisposition Unfortunately, it's not just our lifestyle that's to blame, it's our lifestyle. A too much stress, too little exercise, unhealthy diet, excessive alcohol consumption and smoking can all be triggers of vasoconstriction.
Vasoconstriction does not only affect the head
Since blood vessels run throughout the whole body, we can talk about narrowing of the legs, the coronary arteries and the cerebral vessels at the same time, as calcification can occur everywhere in the same way.
Stroke does not strike suddenly, so watch out for the signs!
Although many people say that if a family member has had a stroke, it happened overnight, this is far from the case. Like all vascular problems, there are precursors to stroke, warning signs, which can avoid the worst after-effect, paralysis. his heart is beating up and down and you feel it, don't just think of heart problems as a complication, don't just think of heart attacks or chronic arrhythmia, because that's also may be associated with a later stroke. So proper monitoring of the heart is also a stroke prevention measure," Dr. László Csiba PhD, professor of neurology at the Budapest Musculoskeletal Private Clinic, told us, who also drew our attention to other signs. - If anyone notices anything unusual, for example limb suddenly becomes clumsy, or the right limb clumsiness or numbness you have difficulty in pronunciation, or even one of the following the narrowing of the horizon temporarily missing an area to the right or left, they are already in the signs of stroke. Warning signs at a level that should prompt you to seek medical attention immediately! - said Dr. László Csiba.
The specialist can help
However, determination is not always enough, and sometimes you may need to seek professional help to make a successful lifestyle change, normalise your blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol levels, and get rid of excess weight and bad habits. Regular medical check-ups are also very important.
Can stroke be prevented?
By changing or abandoning the lifestyle habits already listed above, regular exercise and good nutrition prevent the onset of stroke and even reverse the initial atherosclerosis, thus avoiding the onset of the stenosis itself.
Once the damage is done, time can be a lifesaver
In the past, the after-effects of a stroke were also considered by the medical community to be neither preventable nor treatable. Fortunately, this has now been proven to be far from the case, but the normalisation of the situation is only possible within a short time interval, 4.5 hours after the stroke. - For about 20 years, there has been a treatment called clot-busting, which means that it can take up to 4.5 hours from the onset of symptoms to the start of intravenous treatment in a very short period of time. In the meantime, the patient should be taken to hospital, a CT scan should be performed, conditions that might prevent venous clot release should be ruled out and clot release should be started immediately, preferably as soon as possible. After a day, there is practically nothing that can be done in acute conditions with a severe stroke," said Dr László Csiba, PhD, professor of neurology at the Budapest Musculoskeletal Private Clinic, who also described a new treatment.
Revolutionary innovation
This method uses a tiny instrument to simply pull out the clot that caused the stroke, by going up through the vein in suitable patients.
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