| Hopefully you never had to endure a
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| | of an aneurysm, a weak spot on the wall
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| situation of someone close to you to
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| | of an artery that happens to be in your
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| suffer from transient ischemic attach
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| | brain-aneurysms can occur elsewhere in
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| (TIA), also known as mini stoke, or from
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| | the body, too. Experts point out that
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| a stroke. In any case, you should be
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| | women are twice as likely as men to have
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| familiar with both kinds of stroke as
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| | an aneurysm in the brain and are more
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| they both destroy brain tissue and can
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| | likely to have multiple aneurysms than
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| produce similar long-term effects. But
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| | men. Two other causes for bleeding in the
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| there are important differences in what
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| | brain are: hypertension, which can create
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| causes them and in the symptoms that tell
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| | enough pressure to break an artery wall,
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| you which kind of stroke is happening.
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| | and arteriovenous malformation (AVM) in
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| Ischemic Stroke:
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| | the brain. This is a snarl of defective
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| According to statistics, 80 percent of
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| | blood vessels and capillaries whose thin
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| strokes belong to the ischemic stroke
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| | walls are prone to rupture.
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| kind. These mini-strokes occur when blood
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| | - Symptoms: A sudden violent headache, as
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| flow to the brain is blocked by
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| | if cracking a fault like through the
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| plaque-clogged arteries or by blood
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| | brain's delicate architecture. The
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| clots. This means that blood is not
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| | patient may also suffer from blurred
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| circulating properly inside the brain
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| | vision or nausea.
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| causing brain cells to die if even for a
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| | If you ever suspect you might be having a
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| few minutes no oxygen is transmitted to
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| | TIA or stroke or believe you are
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| them via the blood.
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| | witnessing someone else having one, make
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| - Symptoms: Sudden numbness or weakness,
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| | sure 911 (or your local emergency unit)
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| especially on one side of the body;
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| | be called immediately. Tell the
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| difficulty speaking or understanding
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| | dispatcher that, if possible, you want to
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| speech; trouble seeing in one or both
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| | be transported to a hospital with a
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| eyes; dizziness and a sudden loss of
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| | stroke center. Do not attempt to drive to
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| balance; falling in and out of
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| | the emergency room yourself. Stroke
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| consciousness; chest pain and shortness
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| | patients who arrive at the hospital by
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| of breath. These last three symptoms are
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| | ambulance are evaluated sooner by an ER
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| less-brain-centered and are more commonly
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| | physician, get the necessary testing and
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| experienced by women.
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| | are admitted to the hospital or
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| Hemorrhagic Stroke:
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| | intensive-care unit more frequently than
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| These brain hemorrhages happen when a
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| | those who arrive by taxi or car. Most
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| blood vessel in the brain bursts,
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| | importantly, bring someone prepared to
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| spilling blood into the surrounding
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| | advocate for you or the patient. Be
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| tissue. There are various causes of these
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| | prepared by being informed and act fast!
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| bursts. The most frequent is the rupture
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