Stroke
Stroke is the common name for the medical diagnosis Cerebral Vascular Accident (frequently called CVA). It means there has been a disruption in the blood flow of the brain, causing damage to the brain tissues.
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| 3/1/2009 | THE INSIDER - A Health WorldNet Exclusive |
| The Stroke Epidemic Part One - Can We Turn It Around? |
| Stroke is the third leading cause of death, after heart disease and cancer. In the US heart disease kills 650,000 people a year, cancer 550,000 and strokes 150,000.
Deaths from stroke in the United States reached a high in 1979 of 160,000, then went down to 135,000 in the early nineties, then it started going back up and is at 150,000 a year now, costing 60 billion healthcare dollars. That baby boomers are approaching their stroke-prone years is usually the reason given for the increase in stroke incidence. If so, the burden on our health care system can be expected to increase. Reason for the decrease during the 1980s is more than likely due to lifestyle changes in response to the increased health education for cardiovascular disease. Strokes have been documented as long as there have been people to document them. Known as apoplexy, the Hebrews wrote about it while in Babylon and Hippocrates talked about them in 400 BC, noting that 'men between the ages of 40 to 60 years old are most likely to suffer one, and that a strong attack will not go away while a weaker one is more likely to do so.' His observations were probably the first to distinguish Transient Ischemic Attacks (TIAs) from the more permanent Cerebrovascular Attacks (CVAs). Since Hippocrate's observations we've learned that 80 percent of strokes are ischemic, from a clot, 20 percent are from vessels rupturing. Most strokes are first strokes up to 70 percent. |
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