HYPERTENSION CAUSES STROKE

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I hope you are keeping safe in this lockdown. It is better to stay home and stay safe than being an outlaw and suffer the consequences.
The topic of this week blog/lesson is:
Hypertension causes stroke
Happy reading;
Hypertension is one of the the major risk factors for coronary artery disease and is often found clustered with other CVD risk factors. Lifestyle modification helps control BP and reduces others CVD risk factors.

Stroke is simply the act of blood supply to a part of the brain. The brain needs constant and continuous blood supply since it does not store food or nutrients. Hence, any sudden interference with blood supply will cause injury or death to the brain tissue.

Major cause of stroke in our environment today is hypertension. Hypertension damages the vessels carrying blood to the brain. It can lead to narrowing of the vessels, complete occlusion of the vessels or rupture leading to bleeding into the brain. Other causative factors of blood vessels damage are :obesity, smoking, sickle cell disease etc.

Stroke is sudden weakness of an arm or a leg, sudden blindness, sudden severe headaches, as if someone switched off the blood supply to the part of the brain affected. Stroke can actually affects anyone.

People who have had a stroke need special diets depending on the cause of the stroke and the underlying disease.

The prevention is to watch your BP all the time very important. Regular exercise and not smoking are also important.

Stroke can be prevented in most cases but rarely cured. We have first stroke and further stroke. The risk factors must be identified and managed expertly and by the affected person to prevent further strokes.

Stroke is simply lack of blood supply to a part of the brain. So, any sudden interference with the blood supply will cause injury or death to the brain tissue.

Even doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers cannot cure stroke, but we do our best we can to limit the damage and prevent further strokes.

Public health education is very important for the community, with emphasis on control of the predisposing factors, especially hypertension, obesity etc would reduce the burden of stroke in the country.

Risk factor management should begin in childhood, with emphasis on exercise, nutrition, weight and blood sugar control, avoidance of tobacco and excessive intake of alcohol. Question for today
Are you ready to monitor your pupils in school on exercise, nutrition, weight?
Yes
No.

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