Stroke
Introduction
The brain is disputably the most complex organ in our body. The tissues in the body compose the main nerve center of the body. These tissues coordinate all of our body functions, including our behavior, thought and our emotions. The brain is a very hardworking organ and it requires continuous supplies of oxygen and nutrients from the blood for it to function properly. The heart pumps blood throughout the cerebral arteries, sending blood to the brain. A disturbance to this supply of nutrients and oxygen will destroy the brain cells. Destruction of brain cells occurs immediately upon the interruption or even substantial restriction of blood flow to the brain. The minor damages to any part of the brain can cause a serious negative …show more content…
An embolic stroke occurs when a blood clot or other remains forms away from your brain (commonly in your heart) and is cleared through your bloodstream to stay in narrower brain arteries. This type of blood clot is called an embolus.

2. Hemorrhagic stroke: Hemorrhagic stroke occurs when a blood vessel in your brain leaks. Brain hemorrhages can outcome from many conditions that affect your blood vessels, including unregulated high blood pressure (hypertension), overtreatment with anticoagulants and weak areas in your blood vessel walls (aneurysms). A less common cause of hemorrhage stoke is the leakage of an abnormal tangle of thin-walled blood vessels (arteriovenous malformation) present during birth. Types of hemorrhagic stroke include:
• Intracerebral hemorrhage. In an intracerebral hemorrhage, a blood vessel in the brain bursts open and spills out into the surrounding brain tissue, which leads to the damaging of brain cells. Brain cells that are beyond the leak are denied of blood and also become damaged.
High blood pressure, trauma, vascular malformations, use of blood-thinning medications and other conditions may cause an intracerebral …show more content…
For some people the effects are very mild and don't last for a long period of time, but for other people strokes can have severe effect or prolonged disability. The right side of the brain coordinates the left side of the body and the left side of the brain controls the right side of the brain. Any paralysis in the right arm can outcome from a stroke from the left side of the brain. The left side of the brain in most people controls activities like reading, understanding, talking and writing. On the other hand, the right side of the brain controls perceptual skills and spatial skills. Paralysis occurs because there is a damage done to the part of the brain that sends signals to the limbs making the balance of the body to be affected. Some problems like swallowing also affect people who have experienced stroke making foods and liquids to be harder to pass through the esophagus. Aphasia can also be an effect of stroke. This is a situation whereby a person find difficulty in expressing himself and understanding the words spoken to him. If the person is experiencing weakness of a side of a body it will be very difficult for the person the see on that side of the body. Emotional variations can also occur. People experiencing stroke may start to have various mood swings or incapability of controlling these moods.

Preventing strokes Eating a very healthy balanced diet, avoiding smoking, exercising regularly and