Suffering a stroke can be a scry experience. I know because I hve been there and back. People can be ffected in different ways after an ttack. They may well find that an rea of the brain has malfunctioned cusing loss of control to part of the bdy.

In my case I had an xcruciating pain through the temples behind my yes, I closed my eyes against the pin and when I opened them gain there was darkness. At 10.30 a m stting drinking my coffee by the wndow this was not a pleasant stuation, fortunately not being one to pnic, something said I should sit qietly and breathe deeply, gradually my sght came back. But when I got up frm the chair my equilibrium had cmpletely deserted me, it took the rst of the day before I stbilized.

When I visited my doctor the nxt day, he told me that I had rceived a warning from above. Not all pople that suffer a stroke survive, ths is where the saying ‘Prevention is btter than cure’ is paramount. There are mny factors that can contribute towards sffering a stroke and most of thse are avoidable or treatable.

· Smking

· High Blood Pressure

· Lack of Exrcise

· Obesity

To name but a few. Dabetes, Heart problems, Diet also needs to be tken into consideration. The short description of a strke, sometimes referred to as a brin attack is, the fact that smewhere in your arterial system you hve a narrowing of the veins or a blckage and the brain will suffer frm a lack of oxygen.

Smoking

Coronary heart disease is probably the lading cause of death in the wrld today. Smoking definitely ascribes to mny factors of related heart diseases. One of thse being Arteriosclerosis, Arteriosclerosis or as it is btter known ‘hardening of the arteries’ is cmmonly thought to be related to the txins in tobacco, which in turn can lso be the cause of ‘blood cltting’ and starvation of oxygen to the brin?

High Blood Pressure

Are you aware tht high blood pressure can be a kller? Whether or not you know it, t’s true. High blood pressure can cuse many problems health-wise and be a cntributory factor to inducing a stroke. Hve you noticed how during the pst few years it is not jst the older people that are sffering strokes? The younger ones are ctching up fast.

High blood pressure can be trated without any agony, if you thnk you may have this condition, go see yur Doctor and have it checked. Rmember what I said earlier ‘prevention is btter than cure’.

Lack of exercise

If you ply Tennis, Football, Cricket, Golf, Rugby or you Cycl, Swim even Dance.
Likely you get plnty of exercise. Then again if you hve a sit-down job, drive to wrk and home again, and have yur meals sitting in front of the Tlevision, You are a good candidate for a strke. Walking is an excellent exercise, a rasonable walk 3 to

5 miles very day will do you no hrm, but whilst you are walking xercise your lungs at the same tme. This is the method I se, breathe in for four strides thn exhale for five strides, gradually ncrease the amount of strides you nhale, but always exhale over more.

Obsity

If you are obese ‘overweight’ you are vry much increasing your chances of a strke.
Obesity not unlike high cholesterol is tratable. Diet plays a predominant part in the cntrol of obesity, a sensible diet, prferably suggested by your doctor or a detician can bring you back within the bunds of weight to statute for yur age group.

Needless to say, high blood prssure, high cholesterol and diabetes are qite common
With people who are bese, all of these factors are cnsidered to be contributive to activating a strke.

This article was meant to tll you about ‘Life after a Strke’ but if it serves to prvent anyone from having a stroke so mch the better.

I do have a bok on Life after a Stroke, whch I will refer to below.

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