Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – A stroke or brain attack occurs when there is an obstruction that prevents blood from reaching a part of the brain or due to the bursting of a blood vessel in the brain, and a stroke can cause permanent brain damage or long disability. or even death, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Can a stroke patient be cured?
In statistics reported by the American Stroke Association of the American Heart Association, stroke is the fifth leading cause of death in the United States of America, affecting more than 795,000 people annually, and is one of the main causes of long-term disability for adults.
The seriousness of a stroke lies in the need for prompt treatment, as a quick and accurate diagnosis of the type of stroke and the exact location of the damage is crucial to the success of treatment, and delay in it may cause many effects and health problems, and the patient may not survive in other serious cases.
A brain patient can be cured if it is treated in a timely manner without damaging the brain tissue, but it may need time to fully recover, which varies from one patient to another.
The association also mentioned some statistics about stroke patients in the United States of America:
More than 80% of stroke survivors in the United States live in the community, most of them at home. More than two-thirds of stroke survivors in the United States receive rehabilitation services after discharge from the hospital. Between 35 and 40% of survivors experience limitations in basic activities of daily living 6 months after a stroke. Almost 40% face moderate to severe disabilities. About 10% require care in nursing homes or long-term care facilities.
According to the National Center for Biotechnology Information, intravenous brain tissue-damaged plasminogen activator (rt-PA) is the only drug therapy authorized for the treatment of acute ischemic stroke in most Western countries.
The site also published that more than 95% of patients who suffer from ischemic stroke do not receive any specific drug treatment, and that 15% of patients with ischemic stroke receive treatment in some centers designated for the treatment of stroke, while less than 2-3% of patients receive treatment. in public hospitals.
The center confirmed that the speed of receiving stroke treatment in treatment centers reduces deaths by 20% compared to patients who receive treatment in public hospitals.
Stroke symptoms
A stroke patient may feel, prior to his injury, the following:
Sudden tiredness numbness of the face, arm, or leg, especially on one side of the body Symptoms of a stroke may include sudden confusion Difficulty speaking or understanding speech Sudden difficulty seeing in one or both eyes Sudden difficulty walking Dizziness Loss of balance Sudden severe headache for no reason a favour
Stroke treatment
In an article published on the American Association of Neurological Surgeons website, it was stated that stroke treatment depends on its type; An ischemic stroke, for example, is treated by removing the obstruction and restoring blood flow to the brain, often by administering tPA within three hours of the onset of symptoms, the only FDA-approved drug for stroke.
As for emergency surgical stroke treatment, interventional procedures are required before medications; As a small catheter, it is threaded through a larger guide catheter, and inserted into the groin using a fine wire to the site of a blood blockage in the brain.
2023-08-04 15:56:54
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