Types of Stroke | Left and right sided stroke | Prevention and risk factors | Clinical manifestations |
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Ischemic and hemorrhagic
The two categories of stroke are...
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What is right sided
Short attention span
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What is age, gender, ethnicity or race
Name two nonmodifiable risk factors
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What is dysphasia
An impaired ability to communicate
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What is a thrombotic stroke
Formation of a blood clot that occludes a cerebral artery
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What is left sided
Slow performance and cautious
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What is hypertension, heart disease, DM, smoking, obesity, sleep apnea, metabolic syndrome, poor diet, drug and alcohol abuse
Name two modifiable risk factors
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What is receptive aphasia
Loss of comprehension
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What is an embolic stroke
Lodges in and occludes a cerebral artery
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What is left sided
Awareness of deficits, often depressed or anxious
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What is maintain a normal BP, maintain normal body weight, reduce salt and sodium intake, increase level of exercise, avoid cigarette smoking, consume alcohol in moderation and follow a diet low in saturated fat
Name one way to help prevent a stroke
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What is dysarthria
Impairment in the muscular control of speech
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What is an intracerebral hemorrhage
Bleeding within the brain caused by a ruptured vessel
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What is right sided
Denies or minimizes problems
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What is hypertension
What is the single most important modifiable risk factor?
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What is akinesia
Loss of skilled voluntary movement
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What is a subarachnoid hemorrage
This occurs when there is intracranial bleeding into the CSF fluid filled space b/t the arachnoid and pia matter membranes on the surface of the brain
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What is right sided
Impaired concept of time
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What is atrial fibrillation
A patient with this heart condition is usually prescribed an anticoagulant to reduce their risk of stroke
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Agnosia
The inability to recognize an object by sight, touch or hearing
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