World Stroke Day was on October 29. This article is specially put to spread stroke awareness amongst your family and friends. Topic: Reversing Paralysis, Appropriate treatment of stroke can reverse paralysis in patients. What is stroke or a brain attack? It is a common notion among people that ‘brain attack’ or ‘stroke’ and ‘heart attack’ are one and the same. It is estimated that one person dies of stroke every 36 seconds in India.
A STROKE is a blockage in an artery in the brain or neck that supplies blood to the brain. When a clot forms in one of those arteries and stops blood flow, a section of the brain begins to die. When those cells die, the person loses whatever function those brain cells controlled. This can present as sudden inability to move arm, leg or face. It may also cause aphasia or inability to speak. There is another category called the ‘hemorrhagic stroke’ in which…
