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The first signs of a stroke
The news of the sudden death of young and active people is always shocking. Healthy and active-looking men and women, who should live happily ever after, leave overnight. I don’t want to put up with such news. A little more than a month has passed since Natalia Yunnikova, the star of the series “The Return of Mukhtar,” died of a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 37. And now a new tragedy – the death of 47-year-old actor Dmitry Maryanov.
According to preliminary data, the death of the actor was due to the separation of a blood clot, the actor did not even have time to bring him to the hospital. Dmitry Maryanov had no chance of avoiding death. But in the case of stroke, which is also one of the most dangerous and widespread diseases of modern life, patients have a chance to avoid death.
By the way, at the World Festival of Youth and Students in Sochi, the head of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation Veronika Skvortsova drew attention to the fact that the stroke is “getting younger.” If earlier people 40-45 years old were at risk, now the disease affects both 30-year-olds and even 20-year-olds … To understand the severity of the disease, you need to know that stroke and coronary heart disease have long been the most common causes of death among the population. all over the globe.
We asked Valentina Vasilievna Miroshnikova, Candidate of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Neurology, Neurosurgery, Medical Genetics, with a course of neurology, manual therapy, reflexology FUV Volgograd State Medical University, to name who is at risk for stroke.
Your risk of developing a stroke is increased if you have:
1. Genetic predisposition to vascular diseases;
2. Obesity;
3. Arterial hypertension;
4. Heart disease;
5. Diabetes mellitus;
6. Smoking;
7. Frequent stress;
8. Atherosclerosis.
Unfortunately, 9 out of 10 cases of cerebrovascular accident develop unexpectedly. Only in 9-10% of people, they are accompanied by harbingers.
10 signs and symptoms of stroke:
1. Sudden and thundering headache and dizziness.
2. Violation of consciousness. The person may feel dazed or completely unconscious.
3. There may be a change in the rhythm and rate of respiration. If the case is very severe, breathing may stop completely.
4. The patient may have memory gaps in the events of the current time.
5. Nausea and vomiting appear sharply.
6. Sudden weakness.
7. Disorders of coordination and gait instability are noted.
8. The patient may not understand the speech addressed to him.
9. Facial asymmetry may be expressed.
10. Partial or complete paralysis of the limbs, as well as convulsions.
If you notice such signs in someone, you should immediately call an ambulance to determine the patient in the hospital. But while waiting for the ambulance carriage, it is worth taking the necessary measures to alleviate his condition.
It is necessary to lay the victim so that the head is raised. Use pillows, blankets, clothes.
Open the window. It is necessary that fresh air enters the room.
The patient should take off or unbutton tight clothing.
Take a hot foot bath.
Herbal sedatives can be given.
If there is vomiting, turn the victim’s head to the side. This will prevent vomit from entering the respiratory tract.