Stroke Flashcards
1
Q
What is a stroke?
A
Rapidly developing clinical signs of focal (or global) disturbance of cerebral function, with symptoms lasting 24 hours or longer or leading to death, with no apparent cause other than of vascular organs
2
Q
What is a haemorrhagic stroke
A
A spontaneous haemorrhagic (bleeding) following a ruptured blood vessel resulting in a focal haematoma, or intraventricular haemorrhage
3
Q
What is an ischemic
A
Ischemic (Clots) stroke occurs as a result of an obstruction within a blood vessel supplying the blood to the brain.
4
Q
Signs and symptoms
A
Signs and symptoms mainly affect one side of the body.
Facial droop/ facial numbness
Arm/leg weakness/numbness
Speech slurred.
Confusion.
Difficultly understanding speech.
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