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What is stroke? |
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A stroke is the acute neurologic injury occurring as a result of one of these pathologic processes and is manifested either as brain infarction or hemorrhage. Approximately 80% of strokes are due to ischemic cerebral infarction and 20% to brain hemorrhage. |
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What are the signs? |
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The American Stroke Association says these are the warning signs of stroke:
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Sudden numbness or weakness of the face, arm or leg, especially on one side of the body |
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Sudden confusion, trouble speaking or understanding |
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Sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes |
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Sudden trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination |
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Sudden, severe headache with no known cause |
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Available treatment |
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ZHAOKE Defibrase has proven to help patients to improve and recover from neurological syndromes and disability of stroke and accelerate functional recovery. Defibrase has been found to be effective and safe on treatment of stroke patients. |
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Prevalency |
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Cerebrovascular disease, the third leading cause of death after heart disease and cancer in developed countries, has an overall prevalence of 794 per 100,000. The loss of patients from the work force and the extended hospitalization they require during recovery make the economic impact of the disease one of the most devastating in medicine. |
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