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Stroke is a serious and life-changing event that affects millions of people around the world. Stroke recovery and rehabi...
02/05/2023

Stroke is a serious and life-changing event that affects millions of people around the world. Stroke recovery and rehabilitation can be a long and difficult journey, but with the right tips and strategies, it is possible to regain some or all of your previous abilities and improve your overall quality of life. Here are some tips for stroke recovery and rehabilitation:

•Start rehabilitation as soon as possible
The earlier you start rehabilitation after a stroke, the better your chances are of making a full recovery. Your healthcare provider will recommend a rehabilitation programs to restore your movement and functions.

•Work with a team of healthcare professionals
A team of healthcare professionals, including doctors, nurses, therapists, and social workers, can help you develop a customized rehabilitation plan that meets your specific needs and goals. They can also provide emotional support and guidance throughout your recovery.

•Exercise regularly
Physical therapy is an important part of stroke recovery, and regular therapeutic exercise can help improve your strength, balance, and flexibility. Your therapist may recommend exercises like stretching, and resistance training to help you regain your strength and mobility.

•Focus on your diet
Eating a healthy diet is important for stroke recovery and overall health. A diet that is rich in fruits, vegetables, lean protein, and whole grains can help promote healing and reduce your risk of future health problems.

•Take your medications as prescribed.
After a stroke, you may need to take medications to manage your symptoms and prevent future strokes. It's important to take your medications as prescribed and to talk to your healthcare provider if you experience any side effects or have concerns about your medications.

•Stay engaged in social activities
Social isolation can contribute to post stroke depression and anxiety, which can hinder your recovery. It's important to stay engaged in social activities and to participate in hobbies and interests that you enjoy.

•Seek emotional support
Recovering from a stroke can be emotionally challenging, and it's important to seek emotional support from family, friends, and healthcare professionals. Counseling or therapy may also be helpful for managing depression, anxiety, or other emotional issues related to stroke recovery.

In conclusion, stroke recovery and rehabilitation is a challenging process, but with the right strategies and support, it is possible to make significant progress and improve your overall quality of life. If you or your loved one has experienced a stroke, talk to your healthcare provider about the best rehabilitation options for your specific needs and goals.

Investing in your health is one of the most important things you can do for yourself. Just like a house, your body needs...
01/05/2023

Investing in your health is one of the most important things you can do for yourself. Just like a house, your body needs care, attention, and maintenance to stay strong and healthy. When you prioritize your health, you are not only investing in your physical well-being, but also your mental and emotional well-being. Remember that your body is the only place you have to live in, so take care of it and make it the best it can be.

31/01/2023

Here are what you can do to prevent stroke...

1. CHOOSE HEALTHY FOODS AND DRINKS:

A. Be sure to eat plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables.

B. Eat foods that are low in saturated fats, trans fat and cholesterol and high in fiber.

C. Limit intake of salt ( sodium) in your diet; this can equally lower your blood pressure.

2. KEEP A HEALTHY WEIGHT: Having undesirable body weights ( overweight or obesity) increases your risk of stroke. Use your weight and height to calculate your body mass index (BMI) or use waist and hip measurement to measure excess body fat.

3. ENGAGE IN REGULAR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY: This can help to ensure desirable body weight and lower cholesterol and blood pressure levels.
It has been recommended that adults should engage in moderate intensity aerobic physical activity such as a brisk walk for 2 hours and 30 minutes each week. Children and teens should get 1hour of physical activity every day.

4. DO NOT SMOKE: Cigarette smoking greatly increases your chances of having stroke. If you don't smoke, don't start. If you do smoke, quitting will lower your risk for stroke.

5. AVOID DRINKING ALCOHOL: Alcohol intake can raise your blood pressure. People regularly consuming a large amount of alcohol have a three times increased risk of stroke.

6. CHECK CHOLESTEROL: Check your cholesterol levels at least once every 5 years. If you have high cholesterol, medicine and lifestyle changes can help lower your risk for stroke.

7. CONTROL BLOOD PRESSURE: High blood pressure usually has no symptoms, so be sure to have it checked on a regular basis. This is the leading risk factor for stroke. Thus, controlling your blood pressure is tantamount to preventing stroke occurrence.

8. CONTROL DIABETES:
A. If you have diabetes, check your blood sugar level regularly.

B. Get more physical activity and choose healthier foods. These action will keep your blood sugar under control and help lower your risk for stroke.

9. TREAT HEART DISEASE: Taking care of heart problems can help prevent stroke.

10. TAKE YOUR MEDICINE (Drugs) REGULARLY: Never stop taking your medicine without first talking to your doctor.

© Hammed Adebisi ( Ph.D)

23/01/2023

Here are the risk factors for stroke:

1. The non- modifiable risk factors
- Age
- Gender
- Ethnicity
- Family history of stroke
- Previous stroke

2. The modifiable risk factors

A. Behavioural risk factors
- Alcohol consumption
- Smoking and to***co use
- Unhealthy diet
- Obesity
- Physical inactivity

B. Treatable risk factors
- Hypertension
- Diabetes mellitus
- Hypercholesterolemia
- Heart disease such as atrial fibrillation.

- AGE: The incidence of stroke increases rapidly with age. Age is the single most important risk factor for stroke. Studies have shown that by the age of 75, 1 in 5 women and 1 in 6 men might have a stroke. Although stroke is now increasingly occuring in the younger ones because of undesirable or bad lifestyle.

- GENDER: It has been documented that stroke causes more deaths (a year) in men than prostate and testicular cancer combined. Likewise, it has been reported that stroke causes twice as many deaths (a year) in women than breast cancer. Furthermore, stroke causes about 7% of death in men and 10% of death in women. Finally, about 80% subarachnoid hemorrhagic stroke have been found to occur in women.

- ETHNICITY: A review of studies of stroke death indicates that blacks consistently have higher stroke mortality than whites. Black people are twice as likely to have a stroke and at a younger age than whites people. This is partly due to a higher prevalence of high blood pressure, diabetes and sick cell disease among the blacks.

- FAMILY HISTORY OF STROKE: The heritability of stroke has varied in family studies, but allowing for some methodological weaknesses, it appears that a family history of stroke increases a person's stroke risk by 2 to 3 fold.

- ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION: It has been concluded that people regularly consuming a large amount of alcohol have a threefold increased risk of stroke.

- SMOKING: Smoking doubles the risk of stroke. A person smoking 20 cigarette a day has six times the risk of stroke compared to a non- smoker. It has been estimated that 10% of death from stroke are due to Smoking. Cigarette smoking has been shown to be an independent risk factor for both ischemic and haemorrhagic stroke in both men and women. Overall smokers have an approximate doubling in the risk of incurring a stroke during their lifetime compared with never- smokers.

Cigarette smoking is a major and modifiable risk factor for stroke, and that it confers a similar hazard in women as in men. Also, the benefits of smoking cessation on future risk of stroke are the same in both sexes. Compared with non- smokers, the excess risk of stroke is at least as great among women who smoke compared with men who smoke.

- EXERCISE: Several studies have concluded that moderate physical activity can reduce the risk of stroke by up to approximately 30%. Movement is life. If we do not use our body systems by exercising, we begin to loose them. Therefore, use it or loose it.

- HYPERTENSION: Hypertension is the first modifiable vascular risk factor for stroke. It is strongly, independently and linearly associated with the risk of stroke and is related to worse prognosis.

Hypertension is a truly crucial public health issue, especially as it still dramatically under-diagnosed. The brain is a major end -organ target of chronic hypertension, leading to an increased risk of stroke.

- DIABETES: People with diabetes are twice as likely to have a stroke compared to those without the condition.

- HIGH CHOLESTEROL: High cholesterol is a contributory risk factor for stroke, having more effect on people who smoke or who are inactive.

- HEART DISEASE (atrial fibrillation: irregular heartbeat): About a quarter of people admitted to the hospital with stroke are having atrial fibrillation.

- OBESITY: The relationship between excess weight and an increased likelihood of stroke is unmistakable. It has been estimated that each unit increase in body mass index (BMI) increases the risk of stroke by about 5%.

Thus, shedding excess weight can reduce the risk of stroke. It can also improve many of the secondary conditions associated with obesity that are known to contribute to stroke.

© Hammed Adebisi (Ph.D)

23/01/2023

Stroke is the second leading cause of death and major cause of disability worldwide. It remains one of the most devastating neurological conditions, often causing death or gross physical impairment or disability.

In addition to being a major health and economic problem, stroke also affect the person's quality of life.

Thus, the best stroke to have is the one that never happened.

Who are at risk of stroke?
See the next post.

© Hammed Adebisi (Ph.D)

Fact about stroke...One of the physical manifestations of stroke is partial or complete weakness of the muscles of one s...
20/01/2023

Fact about stroke...

One of the physical manifestations of stroke is partial or complete weakness of the muscles of one side of the body.

Although not anybody with a weak hand and leg must have a stroke. This is because stroke can present differently from weakness of the hand and leg. It's not the weakness of the hand or leg that makes it a stroke, it's because the brain was attacked.

After a man suffers a stroke, do not get anybody to massage the weak hand and leg to recovery but only a trained physiotherapist should be engaged for quick and better recovery.

Physiotherapists are the medical experts in bringing back the movement and functions of a stroke patient.

©Hammed Adebisi (Ph.D)

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Stroke (Brain attack)...Stroke is a rapidly developing loss of brain function(s) due to disturbance in the blood supply ...
19/01/2023

Stroke (Brain attack)...

Stroke is a rapidly developing loss of brain function(s) due to disturbance in the blood supply to the brain. It could be due to reduced or lack of blood flow, caused by blockage or leakage of blood into the brain.

Signs and symptoms of stroke include:

👉 Sudden confusion (mental status changes)

👉 Dizziness and falling

👉 Sudden weakness or numbness

👉 Sudden relentless headache

👉 Vomiting

👉 Visual fault (Vision problems)

👉 Slurred speech

👉 Partial or total loss of feeling in a part of the body

👉 Weakness or paralysis of one side of the body

If any of the above signs and symptoms is being experienced or noticed, quickly seek medical help. This is because time is stroke; every second counts.

© Hammed Adebisi (Ph.D)

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Stroke and cultural belief...Stroke is caused by an evil arrow thrown by village people, and that there's nothing one ca...
18/01/2023

Stroke and cultural belief...

Stroke is caused by an evil arrow thrown by village people, and that there's nothing one can do to prevent it. This is a clear misconception (myth).

The reality is that 90% of people who suffer a stroke had poorly controlled hypertension at one time or the other. The leading risk factor for stroke is poorly controlled hypertension.

If you've been diagnosed of hypertension and you have been placed on antihypertensive medications (drugs), do not play with it. This is because prevention is better than cure.

© Hammed Adebisi (Ph.D)

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