Stroke

Written By: Admin | Published : September 9, 2012 3:01 PM IST

Also known as a cerebrovascular accident, stroke is a medical emergency in which a part of the brain doesn t receive blood supply. Brain cells of the affected region begin to die within a few minutes and often result in long-term dysfunction of the body part controlled by the affected brain area. There are two main types of strokes Ischemic and Haemorrhagic stroke. An ischemic stroke is caused by a block (blood clot) in the blood vessel and a haemorrhagic stroke is caused by bleeding through a tear in the blood vessel.

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