Know Your Risk Factors of Brain Stroke & Prevention

A brain stroke occurs when blood vessels in our brain ruptures & bleeds. To put in simple words a brain stroke occurs due to restricted or interrupted blood supply in our brain.

Lack of oxygen rich blood supply in our brain leads to death of thousands of brain cells. As per the best neurologist in Delhi Dr. Mukesh Kumar, to reduce the chances of brain stroke it’s important to know about the risk factors and things that can raise your risk of getting one.

What are Risk Factors?

Risk factors are something that can increases your chances of developing an infection or disease. Having more than one risk factor does not automatically determine that you will develop the disease only, but certainly one need to be cautious. As per neurology specialist lakhs of people suffer from stroke every year in India due to lack of prevention & awareness. Now let’s learn about some common risk factors of brain stroke.

Risk Factors

High Blood Pressure/ Hypertension

Hypertension is one of the most significant factors of brain stroke. Normal range of blood pressure is 120/80, while high blood pressure is when it’s constantly above the range of 140/90. High blood pressure may also result in thickening of the artery walls, eventually leads to narrowing the blood vessels.

Methods to Reduce Hypertension

• Check your blood pressure regularly

• Take medications to control the blood pressure

• Reduce or limit the salt intake

Heart Disease

Heart disease is the second leading factor of stroke, and major cause of death among the survivors of stroke. Heart conditions like atrial fibrillation or irregular heart beat can often lead to brain stroke in elders.

 Timely treatment and diagnosis of heart conditions can significantly reduce the chances of stroke. 

Smoking & Alcohol Consumption

Individual who drink heavily have more chances of stroke (particularly brain hemorrhage) than someone drinking moderate amount of alcohol. On the other hand smoking doubles up your chances of brain stroke. Smoking thickens our blood resulting to blood clots formation & arteries to constrict. 

Quit smoking & reduce your alcohol consumption, you can also take the help of your doctor to prepare a quit smoking plan.

Diabetes

Diabetes increases the chances of having a stroke because the high blood sugar level contribute to the development of atherosclerosis.

Methods to manage diabetes

• Regular checkup with your doctor

• Monitor your blood sugar level daily

• Maintain a healthy weight & diet

Diet

High fat & sodium food leads to stroke as well as many diseases, as per neurologist doctor diet plays the huge role in our overall well-being.

Methods to improve our diet

Limited salt intake

Consume fresh seasonal vegetables and fruits

Reduce sugary and fatty food

Consult with dietician for guided plan

Apart from the above there are many risk factors like sex, race, and genetics which we can’t eliminate, for that annual health checkups are suggested.

For the treatment of brain stroke, now you can consult with best neurologist in Delhi Dr. Mukesh Kumar from Max Super Speciality Hospital in Delhi.