Often, stroke is due to some form of cardiovascular disease. In these cases, treatment should be directed to the cause of cardiovascular disease. Damaged heart valves, for example, can be replaced or repaired surgically. Patients with atrial fibrillation, a type of arrhythmia, can take blood-thinning drugs (anticoagulants) to prevent clotting. Oral anticoagulants and aspirin appear to reduce the risk of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation.

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* Valve Disease
* Arrhythmia

Possible Treatments

There are different types of drugs to treat stroke. Those that are beneficial for one type of stroke can increase the damage caused by another type. For example, the clot-dissolving drugs can be effective in the treatment of ischemic stroke (caused by a blood clot), but may increase the damage caused by a hemorrhagic stroke (stroke), because they can lead to bloodshed in the brain.

Tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) is a clot-dissolving medicine approved by the Food and Drug Administration of the United States. TPA is a major breakthrough in treating strokes caused by blood clots, which constitute about 88 percent of cases. Although tPA can not be used in all cases of stroke (as it can cause bleeding in the brain) has proven effective in treating ischemic stroke when administered within three hours of onset of symptoms.

Upon arrival at the hospital after suffering a stroke, patients may receive anticoagulant (warfarin) or antiplatelet (aspirin, ticlopidine or clopidogrel) to prevent another blood clot formation. You may also receive pain medicine if you have a very strong headache.

Blood pressure may rise during a stroke, because the body tries to compensate for the reduction of blood flow to the brain. For this reason, could not be recommended to reduce blood pressure immediately after a stroke, especially in patients with chronic hypertension and autoregulation of blood flow to the brain differently.

For some patients, other treatments may include:

* The administration of beta blockers, calcium channel blockers or inhibitors of angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors to control hypertension,
* The regulation of insulin in diabetic patients and
* The administration of cholesterol-lowering drugs (statins) in patients with elevated levels.

Dare you include high-fat foods and sugar? Apparently you have to fix your eating style. Not only cause weight loss easy ride, but also the risk of stroke is very high, especially in women.

You probably already know a high-fat foods can cause constriction of blood vessels at risk of heart disease. A recent study conducted on 87,230 respondents mentioned the risk of stroke by 44 percent higher in those who eat fatty foods hobbies.

Major health risks that this could have been prevented. It should be understood, that is bad for the heart is also bad for the brain.

Before entering menopause, in fact risk of stroke for women lower than men. But at the age of menopause, the risk becomes equal. Therefore, women over the age of 50 years are advised to reduce intake of foods high in fat.

Research shows, the risk of stroke in women who ate foods hobbies saturated fat, like margarine, fried foods, cakes and sweets, 30 percent higher. Which is also worth noting is wary of hidden fats in food.

Get used to read the packaging and note the table of food servings in / create. Simple things like this, especially if you avoid fried foods, highly profitable health-menopausal women.