Beware of Brain Stroke

Changing lifestyles and lack of proper diet is causing an increase in the number of cases of brain stoke. Most important is those being affected the most are people in their late 30's.

If you come across sudden loss of sight or speech, abrupt headache, abnormal flow of current, trembling or numbness in any part of the body, don't ignore it - these can be initial symptoms of a brain stroke.

Doctors claim that as strokes often go undetected, there is a steady rise in the number of such cases.

The reasons behind this, doctors cite changing lifestyle and the lack of a proper diet as the main reasons behind the increasing number of cases. According to experts the age of getting brain stroke is decreasing. Recent researches has proved earlier brain strokes affected people above 70 years but now it can easily affect people in their late 30's. According to a newspaper report, a registry maintained by the neuroscience centre at the All India Institute of Medical Science, reveals that one forth of people suffering from brain stroke are young adults.

Experts consider brain stroke as a silent killer because the initial symptoms of strokes are often mistaken with normal weakness or fatigue. But contrary to this experts believe that if a person remains cautious, he can easily detect the initial symptoms.

Most of the time people take these symptoms as normal cases of exhaustion and ignore it. But instead of ignoring it one should immediately consult a doctor, one can't lose sight or speech suddenly, if someone is facing indications like this then there's something abnormal. Brain strokes happen when blood circulation in the brain stops for a certain period, say doctors. Experts believe that the intake of trans fatty acid, stress and family history are some of the major causes of brain strokes. Besides trans-fatty acid and stress, intake of alcohol, smoking, lack of sleep can also lead to a stroke.

The other causes of stroke according to doctors are diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol level. Most of the causes of brain strokes are similar to the reasons for a heart attack. " Heart patients are more prone to brain strokes because the circulation of blood stops with a blockage in the artery". Both heart diseases and brain strokes happen due to athero sclerosis or ageing of arteries. Once a blockage happens, the blood clots starts forming finally leading to a heart attack or brain stroke.

However, if the warning signs are taken seriously, though warning signs are tough to detect, it's not impossible, It is always distinct from normal symptoms of fatigue, we can avoid brain stroke.

The treatment of the disease should start as soon as it is detected. Warning signs are never repetitive, so even a small symptom can lead to a major stroke.