‘One person suffers a brain stroke every 20 seconds in India’
Every 20 seconds, one Indian suffers a brain stroke, or three every minute and the numbers are increasing alarmingly due to changing lifestyles. At this rate, around 1.54 million Indians are affected by strokes every year and 90 % stroke patients filed to reach hospital on time. The lifetime risk of stroke after the age of 55 is one in 5 for women and one in 6 for men.
This was discussed recently at a neuro-vascular intervention. The aim was to spread the message- " stroke is beatable".
The hospital's seniot consultant neurosurgeon and interventional neurosurgeon said that, " in a brain stroke, you may be gone, you may recover and become normal, or you become dependent for life". He explained that inline the symptoms of heart attack in strokes, symptoms my vary depending on which side of the brain is affected.
Stroke is a sudden loss of function of the body. The simple rule is Be Fast- balance, eyes, face, arms, speech, time, he advised. If a person suffers from problems in balancing, hoarseness in voice, sudden loss of vision, drops an object, giddiness, they must be rushed to the hospital. The SNVICON also saw the latest technology being used for treatment of stroke. A New web device was launched. He cautioned that treatment for brain strokes cannot start at home, and a CT or an MRI scan is necessary.
This was discussed recently at a neuro-vascular intervention. The aim was to spread the message- " stroke is beatable".
The hospital's seniot consultant neurosurgeon and interventional neurosurgeon said that, " in a brain stroke, you may be gone, you may recover and become normal, or you become dependent for life". He explained that inline the symptoms of heart attack in strokes, symptoms my vary depending on which side of the brain is affected.
Stroke is a sudden loss of function of the body. The simple rule is Be Fast- balance, eyes, face, arms, speech, time, he advised. If a person suffers from problems in balancing, hoarseness in voice, sudden loss of vision, drops an object, giddiness, they must be rushed to the hospital. The SNVICON also saw the latest technology being used for treatment of stroke. A New web device was launched. He cautioned that treatment for brain strokes cannot start at home, and a CT or an MRI scan is necessary.
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Every 20 seconds, one Indian suffers a brain stroke, or thre ..
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