Causes for brain stroke

Overview Aphasia is a disorder that affects how you communicate. It can impact your speech, as well as the way you write and understand both spoken and written language. Aphasia usually happens suddenly after a stroke or a head injury. But it can also come on gradually from a slow-growing brain tumor or a disease that causes progressive, permanent damage (degenerative). The severity of aphasia depends on a number of things, including the cause and the extent of the brain damage. The main treatment for aphasia involves treating the condition that causes it, as well as speech and language therapy. The person with aphasia relearns and practices language skills and learns to use other ways to communicate. Family members often participate in the process, helping the person communicate. Symptoms Aphasia is a symptom of some other condition, such as a stroke or a brain tumor. A person with aphasia may: • Speak in short or incomplete sentences • Speak in sentences that don't make sense • Substitute one word for another or one sound for another • Speak unrecognizable words • Have difficulty finding words • Not understand other people's conversation • Not understand what they read • Write sentences that don't make sense Patterns of aphasia People with aphasia may have different strengths and weaknesses in their speech patterns. Sometimes these patterns are labeled as different types of aphasia, including: • Broca's aphasia • Wernicke aphasia • Transcortical aphasia • Conduction apha...

Brain bleeds – bleeding between the brain tissue and skull or within the brain tissue itself – can cause brain damage and be life-threatening. Some symptoms include headache; nausea and vomiting; or sudden tingling, weakness, numbness or paralysis of face, arm or leg. If you or your loved one take a blow to the head or have symptoms, call 911. Overview What is a brain bleed? To most people, a “brain bleed” simply means any bleed inside your head. However, a doctor – and specifically doctors who treats brain bleeds (neurologists and neurosurgeons) – would say that a “brain bleed” (also known by the medical term intracranial hemorrhage) is too broad of a term. These doctors further describe brain bleeds by their exact location. To better understand brain bleeds, it’s important to have a basic understanding of the different types. First, there are two main areas where bleeding can occur – bleeding can occur either within the skull but outside of the brain tissue, or inside the brain tissue. These areas are further divided as follows: Bleeding within the skull but outside of the brain tissue The brain has three membranes layers (called meninges) that lay between the bony skull and the actual brain tissue. The purpose of the meninges is to cover and protect the brain. Bleeding can occur anywhere between these three membranes. The three membranes are called the dura mater, arachnoid, and pia mater. • Epidural bleed (hemorrhage): This bleed happens between the skull bone and the ...

Author: 18 August, 2021 Brain attacks or strokes are sudden Stroke-related disability is an immense health care burden on society and scores adversely on the quality of life indices of patients as well as caregivers. The larger question here is, “Isn’t it better to prevent strokes from occurring in the first place?” More awareness and efforts should be made in educating the people on how to prevent strokes. It was believed that Kumbhakarna, the brother of the evil Ravana was cursed by the Gods and the curse was that he would sleep excessively and then wake up and eat excessively. In medical terms, it could mean obesity as a result of problems in a gland called the hypothalamus which controls sleep, appetite, and diurnal rhythm. Some stories state that he would snore excessively while sleeping. These are some of the symptoms which even today are alarming and a cause for concern. Obesity is a major risk factor for both One of the best ways to prevent OSA is to reduce weight, have a healthy and balanced diet, and regular exercise. If the sleep study shows a significant abnormality, a CPAP machine is sometimes recommended by sleep specialists to improve oxygenation during these episodes of snoring. Hence, awareness about this condition is crucial in getting timely advice from sleep specialists/pulmonologists and preventing complications such as high blood pressure and stroke. Other Causes Of Strokes Are: 1. High Blood Pressure High blood pressure continues to be amongst the le...