Stroke is medically known as cerebrovascular disease, which is commonly referred to as a disease caused by lesions in the blood vessels supplying the brain, mainly manifesting as hemiparesis, visual impairment, and speech impairment (inability to speak or spit out words). Strokes are classified as cerebral hemorrhage, subarachnoid hemorrhage, cerebral infarction, and transient ischemic attack.
Recognition of stroke.
Aura manifestations of stroke: headache, dizziness, ringing in the ears, hemianesthesia, nausea.
Important manifestations: hemiparesis, speech impairment, hemianesthesia, nausea, vomiting, coma in severe cases, headache, nausea, vomiting in intracranial hemorrhage.
Specific manifestations: The onset of manifestations varies from patient to patient and can be manifested as one or several of the following
1. Disorders of consciousness: The lighter ones are in a trance, drowsy, and fall asleep again soon after waking up. In severe cases, sudden coma may occur.
2, unilateral limb sensory disorder: that is, hemiplegia or hemiplegia to pain, hot and cold no perception.
3. Unilateral limb movement disorder: inflexible movement of one limb, inability to lift heavy objects, walking to one side or inability to walk.
4.Speech disorder: speech is not clear or can not speak, also can be speech can not be understood by others, words do not reach the meaning.
5.Decreased comprehension, sudden loss of memory, not knowing where you are, not being able to distinguish between day and night, no concept of time, etc.
6.Visual impairment: unilateral eye blurred vision, unable to see things on one side, seeing things in pairs.
7, eye rotation is limited.
8, pupil changes: bilateral size inconsistency, both pupils dilated or narrowed.
9.Patients with intracranial hemorrhage may exhibit headache, nausea, vomiting, and stiff neck.
10.Other manifestations such as unsteadiness, vertigo, incontinence, etc.
11.Patients with critical illness may show more than vomiting, loud snoring, weak and intermittent breathing, and sigh-like breathing.
Risk factors that predispose to stroke.
1.High blood pressure.
2, smoking.
3.Diabetes mellitus.
4, hyperlipidemia.
5, alcoholism.
6.Obesity.
7.Atrial fibrillation
8.Sedentary lifestyle habits.