Stroke Brain haemorrhage:

“Stroke is a rapidly developed clinical sign of focal disturbances of
cerebral function lasting more than 24 hours or leading to death”. (WHO)
Inspite of the presence of factors inhibiting the coagulation of blood
within vessels, clotting may occur at times. Such clots frequently are formed
in veins than in arteries.

The blood clot or thrombus formed in the streaming
blood is called thrombosis. A clot in the cerebral vessel is called stroke or
cerebral thrombosis. Stroke may be caused due to vascular occlusion, which
is a blockage in the cerebral artery. The occlusion and stroke lead to
infarction. The infarction leads to abnormal symptoms in the brain.
Vascular occlusion is of two types viz., Thrombotic and embolic. An
embolus is a portion of the thrombus clot that becomes detached and enters
into circulating blood. An embolus may block the circulation to vital parts
leading to serious consequences.

Brain haemorrhage:

Haemorrhage or bleeding of brain vessels may be
caused by hypertension which results in bursting of blood vessels or due to
aneurysm wherein the arterial wall bulges and forms a sac like structure and
ruptures later. The stroke and the haemorrhage are also due to vascular
malformations.

Stroke causes both physical; and mental crippling. It is a worldwide
health problem. It can occur at any age. Several risk factors may lead to
stroke and brain haemorrhage. They are cardiac abnormalities, diabetes,
elevated blood lipids, hypertension, obesity, smoking and stenosis (narrowing
of valvular orifice), etc.
One can control stroke by controlling the above risk factors.

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