Modifiable risk factors of stroke Right Ans - -HTN
-diet
-weight
-sedentary
-smoking
-alcohol
-meds (birth control)
Nonmodifiable risk factors of stroke Right Ans - -age (old)
-gender (male)
-race
-ethnicity
-family hx
-genetics
Ischemic stroke Right Ans - partial or complete occlusion of artery
-more common in general!
-more common in men!!
-thrombotic: injury to artery wall and formation of the clot repairing it blocks
blood flow
-embolic: blood clot/debris gets to a narrow artery and blocks blood flow
Hemorrhagic stroke Right Ans - blood bursts into & damages brain tissue
-more common in women!
-intracerebral: bleeds into brain tissue
-subarachnoid: bleed into CSF filled space in brain
transient ischemic attack Right Ans - -not a stroke!
-episode of neurologic dysfunction caused by focal brain, SC, retinal ischemia,
but W/O acute infarction of brain
-give aspirin to prevent it & statins for high cholesterol
-stents & angioplasty for surgical treatments
right-brain damage symptoms Right Ans - -paralyzed left side: hemiplegia
-left-sided neglect
-spatial-perceptual deficits
-tends to deny or minimize problems
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