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	What is a stroke?

DrKrar

5-13-2008 2:37 PM

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        <B>Ischemic strokes</B>. These are the most common type of stroke. They
happen when a blood clot blocks an artery, choking off oxygen to a part of the
brain. Without oxygen, brain cells first go into shock and then start dying. So
the longer you go without stroke treatment, the greater the damage to your
brain.
While not a full-fledged stroke, transient ischemic attacks (TIAs or
“mini-strokes”) cause stroke symptoms but resolve within a few minutes. We’ll
talk more about them later.</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://men.webmd.com/strokes-what-every-man-needs-know?page=1"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">
        <B>Hemorrhagic</B>
        <B>strokes</B>. While less common, these strokes are
more devastating. They’re the result of a hemorrhage — a burst blood vessel —
in the brain. Although the cause is very different from an ischemic stroke, the
result is the same: Brain cells can’t get the blood they need. More than 60
percent of people who have a hemorrhagic stroke die within a year, and those
who survive tend to be much more disabled.</LI></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/70C91E0F-6875-42A5-B3A8-FEC375DCDCE0/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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