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The Signs of a Stroke
How to Identify a Stroke
What Is a Stroke?
What Is a TIA Stroke?
The Visible Symptoms of a Stroke
Mild Stroke Symptoms
The Cincinnati Stroke Scale
Hospital Test for Strokes
First Aid & Home Treatment for Stroke Victims
How Paramedics Treat Stroke Victims
Medications to Treat Strokes
How to Prevent a Stroke
Tips for Recovering from a Stroke
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Summary: Learn how to prevent a stroke and what factors lead to strokes including high blood pressure, diabetes, smoking and high cholesterol with expert medical tips in this free online health care video clip.
Josh Wells is a firefighter and paramedic in Sedona, Az. He has been at Sedona for 3 years. Prior to that he was a firefighter in Colorado. He first became an EMT after 6 mos of...read more
"Risk factors and prevention for stroke. Stroke can be preventable, a lot of risk factors that lead up to stroke are high blood pressure, smoking, diabetes, and high cholesterol. All these problems can lead to the probability of one of those blood vessels getting clotted or rupturing them. All these conditions can also weaken the blood vessel, so it makes it more prune to the possibility of a stroke. A lot of the same mis factors that go with heart attacks are similar to that of strokes. In terms of prevention, if you've been diagnosed with high blood pressure, you should get treatment for it from your doctor. It's also good to monitor your blood pressure and keep a regular check on that. Keep regular check up with your doctor and in terms of high cholesterol, if you want to watch your diet a good healthy diet, get exercise and do what you can do to reduce your cholesterol. An smoking, I think that's obvious, just don't smoke, if you smoke it's going to increase your chances. The other risk factor I didn't mention would be old age. There's not much we can do to prevent that, but as long as you're just being healthy about your diet, you're exercising, you're doing your regular check ups at your doctor, you're going to be a lot less probable to have that stroke."
eHow Article: How to Prevent a Stroke
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