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Causes and risk factors

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Causes and risk factors

• Nerves & brain >> Stroke >> Preventing another stroke: Changes in life style >> Preventing another stroke: Changes in life style

 

Preventing another stroke: Changes in life style

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Preventing another stroke: Changes in life style

• >> Stroke >> Preventing another stroke: Changes in life style >> Preventing another stroke: Changes in life style

 

Preventing another stroke: Changes in life style

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• Nerves & brain >> Stroke >> Age 56-65 >> Interview 31 >> Had been a heavy drinker and a smoker and thinks that this caused his stroke.

This man had two TIAs (aged 56) and a stroke (aged 57) due to clots. The stroke caused temporary paralysis on his left. Medication: perindopril, bendroflumethiazide (blood pressure), atorvastatin (cholesterol), aspirin, delayed release dipyridamole (antiplatelet).

• Nerves & brain >> Stroke >> Age 46-55 >> Interview 06 >> Describes how he tries to prevent another stroke by increasing his fitness, watching his diet and drinking only moderately with advice from the hospit

He had his stroke at the age of 53 during an emergency heart operation. His stroke caused partial right-sided paralysis and vision loss. Medication: bisoprolol (blood pressure), simvastatin (cholesterol), aspirin (antiplatelet).

• Nerves & brain >> Stroke >> Age 56-65 >> Interview 28 >> Moderates his drinking now even when friends encourage him to have more.

He had a stroke due to a clot aged 62, which caused right weakness, spasms and speech problems. Medication: ramipril, diltiazem hydrochloride, prazosin hydrochloride, adalat (blood pressure), simvastatin (cholesterol), aspirin, dipyridamole (antiplatelet).